Deed of gift: Margaret Riggs to Sarah Hall and others

Margaret Riggs made a gift to Sarah Hall, Shelton Hall and Jenny Hall.

Kind of paper

Deed of gift

Made by

Margaret Riggs (printed MARGARET RIGGS), of Orange County, N.C.

Dated

19 September 1807

Proved

February 1808 court

To

Sarah Hall (under age; of Orange County, N.C.); Shelton Hall (under age; of Orange County, N.C.); Jenny Hall (under age; of Orange County, N.C.)

Witnesses

Jno. Riggs; James Woods; John Jimmason ?

Reading note: Witness John Jimmason ? questioned on page.

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 221.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 35.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).