Will of Samuel Benton

Samuel Benton left his estate to son-in-law John Taylor the younger and appointed Taylor and Duncan Cameron executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Benton (printed SAMUEL BENTON)

Dated

28 August 1810

Proved

November 1810 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 27 November 1810
• Administration of an estate, 27 November 1810

Family named

John Taylor (my son-in-law; the younger; of Hillsboro)

Executors

John Taylor (son-in-law); Duncan Cameron (friend)

Witnesses

Richard Henderson; Ed. Jones

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 276.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 42.
• 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).