Will of Lesey (x) Rogers

Lesey Rogers left all her estate to minor son Laban Rogers, including her deceased father’s estate share after her mother’s death.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Lesey (x) Rogers (printed LESEY (x) ROGERS)

Dated

23 September 1806

Proved

November 1806 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, November 1806 term
• Administration of an estate, November 1806 term

Family named

Laban Rogers (son; under age)

Executors

Richard Goat; Nathan Rogers

Witnesses

James Sykes; Wm. A. Freshwater

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 180.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 29.
• 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).