Will of Robert (x) Burnside

Robert Burnside named sons Benjamin, John, and James and daughters Ruth, Hannah, and Ann; Joseph Thompson and Owin Lindley were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Robert (x) Burnside (printed ROBERT (x) BURNSIDE)

Dated

9 May 1804

Proved

May 1806 court

Family named

Benjamin Burnside (son; eldest); John (son); James Burnside (son); Ruth (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Ann (daughter)

Executors

Joseph Thompson; Owin Lindley

Witnesses

Wm. Morris; James Lindley; Gracy ? Lindley

Reading note: Says seven children but six named; Gracy ? Lindley uncertain. Shared surname not expanded.

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 170.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 28.
• 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).