Will of Jonathan Nichols

Jonathan Nichols named grandchildren and sons, with sons Jonathan and Amos as executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jonathan Nichols (printed JONATHAN NICHOLS)

Dated

11 August 1807

Proved

November 1807 court

Family named

Jonathan (son); Baldwin (son); John (son); Amos Nichols (son); Amos (son); Hannah Riggs (beloved daughter); Hannah (grandchild); Nancy Riggs (grandchild); Irven (grandchild); John Riggs (grandchild); John Nichols (grandchild)

Executors

Jonathan (son); Amos (son)

Witnesses

Jno. McMullen; James Daugherty

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 190.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 31.
• 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).