Orange County Indexed
Will of Aqillia Jones
Will Book D, page 119 · dated 27 November 1803 · proved February 1804
Aqillia Jones named wife Hephsebeth, three sons, daughter Mary Jones, and wife’s son William Hargis; his wife and Reubin Smith were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Aqillia Jones (printed AQILLIA JONES)
- Dated
- 27 November 1803
- Proved
- February 1804 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Hephsebeth (wife); John (my three sons); Aquilla (my three sons); James (my three sons); Mary Jones (daughter); William Hargis (her (wife’s) son)
- Executor
- Reubin Smith
- Witnesses
- David Ray; John Butnor
Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.
Where to find it
- Orange County Will Book D, page 119.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958).
- Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
