Will of W. A. Freshwater

W. A. Freshwater left provision for Sally to raise his children and appointed his wife and Hardy Hurdle executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

W. A. Freshwater (printed W. A. FRESHWATER)

Dated

31 May 1808

Proved

November 1808 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 29 November 1808
• Administration of an estate, 29 November 1808

Family named

Sally (wife); Thadeus Freshwater (my children); Chloe (my children); Polley (my children); Betsey (my children); Luraney (my children); David (my children); Sally (my children); Susanna Freshwater (my children)

Executor

Hardy Hurdle

Witnesses

Hardy Hurdle; Benj. Simpson

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 301.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 45.
• 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).