Will of Daniel Cloud

Daniel Cloud named Nancy, sons and daughters, leaving New Hope land and a mill to Daniel and David.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Daniel Cloud (printed DANIEL CLOUD)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated ---”

Proved

February 1812 court

Family named

Nancy (wife); Joel (son); Daniel (son); David (son); John (son); Martha (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Witnesses

Wm. Palmer; John Comb; Jesse ..?..

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 23, page 152

Land

the tract of land on New Hope and mill I bought of John Mitchel

Places

New Hope

Also named

John Mitchel (former land owner)

Reading note: No date supplied; witness Jesse ..?.. has unreadable surname in abstract.

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 327.
• 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).