Will of Charles Christmas

Charles Christmas left his estate in trust for seven children’s upbringing and schooling and mentioned a note from his brother.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Charles Christmas (printed CHARLES CHRISTMAS)

Dated

1 September 1811

Proved

February 1812 court

Family named

Nath. Christmas (brother; of the Mississippi Territory)

Also left something

John (children of Sarah Smith); Charles (children of Sarah Smith); Nancy (children of Sarah Smith); Patheny (children of Sarah Smith); William (children of Sarah Smith); Susannah (children of Sarah Smith); Rebeckah (child of Nancy Willocks)

Executors

Richard Christmas; Thomas Brewer; William Moore

Witnesses

Wm. Moore; Joel Parish

Also named

Sarah Smith (mother of six beneficiaries); Nancy Willocks (mother of Rebeckah)

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 322.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 48.
• 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).