Will of Wilson Child

Wilson Child named his mother, brother and nephews and appointed Archibald D. Murphey and John Taylor executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Wilson Child (printed WILSON CHILD), of the town of Hillsborough

Dated

4 December 1810

Proved

February 1811 court

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, 31 May 1811

Family named

Frances Child (mother); Francis Child (brother); John Bruce (sons of my brother-in-law Abner Bruce); Charles Bruce (sons of my brother-in-law Abner Bruce); William Bruce (sons of my brother-in-law Abner Bruce); Abner Bruce (brother-in-law)

Executors

Archibald D. Murphey (friends); John Taylor, Jr. (friends)

Witnesses

Henry Shutt; And. Brooks

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 277.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 43.
• 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).