Will of David (x) Ray

David Ray provided for his unnamed wife and eleven children; his wife and John Pickard were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David (x) Ray (printed DAVID (x) RAY)

Dated

14 November 1807

Proved

May 1808 court

Family named

William (son; eldest); John (son); David (son); Hugh (son); James (son); Henry (son); Alexander (son and youngest child); Rachel Gibson (daughter); Mary Becom (daughter); Jenny Jones (daughter); Nelly Ricketts (daughter)

Executor

John Pickard (elder)

Witnesses

John H. Pickard; John Grimes

Money and goods

5 shillings each; horse

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 231.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 37.
• 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).