Will of Rebecca (x) McAdams

Rebecca McAdams named her son James, his daughter Rebecca and her daughters Egness and Elizabeth Blair.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Rebecca (x) McAdams (printed REBECCA (x) McAdams)

Dated

3 October 1808

Proved

August 1809 court

Family named

James (son); Egness (daughter); Elizabeth Blair (daughter); Rebecca (his daughter)

Witness

Samuel Crawford

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 250.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 39.
• 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).