Will of Martha Williams

Martha Williams named sisters Hester and Nancy Williams and brother James Williams; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Martha Williams (printed MARTHA WILLIAMS)

Dated

2 February 1806

Proved

February 1806 court

Family named

Hester Williams (sister); Nancy Williams (sister); James Williams (brother)

Witnesses

Isaac Jackson; John McMullin

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 166.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 27.
• 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).