Will of William (x) Busick, Sr

William Busick named children and a son-in-law, specified small cash legacies, and appointed William Busick and Henry Brannon executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William (x) Busick, Sr (printed WILLIAM (x) BUSICK, SR)

Dated

10 June 1807

Proved

May 1808 court

Family named

Caleb Busick (son); William Busick (son); Elizabeth Wood (daughter); Mary Willcox (daughter); Polly Conner ? (daughter); Samuel Green (son-in-law)

Also left something

Elizabeth Busick; Nancy Busick; Phebe Busick

Executors

William Busick (son); Henry Brannon

Witnesses

William Brannock; Leah Branock

Money and goods

5 shillings each

Reading note: Polly Conner ? questioned; relationship to Elizabeth, Nancy and Phebe Busick not expressly stated.

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 228.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 36.
• 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).