Orange County Indexed
Will of George McRay
Will Book D, page 211 · dated 16 June 1806 · proved November 1807
George McRay left land to sons and named his wife and daughters; Sarah and James were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- George McRay (printed GEORGE McRAY)
- Dated
- 16 June 1806
- Proved
- November 1807 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); James (son); John (son); George (son; under 20); Susanna (daughter); Margret (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Ann (daughter; under 18 years of age)
- Executors
- Sarah (wife); James (son)
- Witnesses
- Jonathan Harvey; James King
- Land
- land bought of Monhollen adjoining James Duke’s; land joining John Hall & John Graham
- Also named
- Monhollen; James Duke; John Hall; John Graham
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 211.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 34.
- 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).
