Will of William Murray

William Murray supported wife Margaret and children for twelve years, named sons and daughter Margaret Bird, and appointed sons Robert and William executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Murray (printed WILLIAM MURRAY)

Dated

2 January 1805

Proved

February 1805 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1804. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Margaret (wife); William (son); Robert Murray (son); Andrew (3 youngest); Eli (3 youngest); John Murray (3 youngest); Robert (son); Margaret Bird (daughter)

Executors

Robert (son); William (son)

Witnesses

Christ'r Swindell; Walter Murray; Rob't Tate

Land

land claims in Cumberland

Money and goods

a saw mill and a grist mill

Also named

James Barnhill (to help settle disputes during twelve years); Isaac Hall (to help settle disputes during twelve years)

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 143.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 23.
• 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).