Orange County Indexed
Will of John Kell
Will Book D, page 28 · dated 10 September 1800 · proved February 1801
John Kell named his wife and sons, directed his boys to learn trades, and appointed two executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Kell (printed JOHN KELL)
- Dated
- 10 September 1800
- Proved
- February 1801 court
- Family named
- Rebeckah (Wife); Thomas (my boys; to be bound to a trade); John (my boys; to be bound to a trade)
- Executors
- Robert Hall; William Kell
- Witnesses
- Jno. Riggs; Rachel (x) Millan
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 28.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 2.
- 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).
