Will of Henry (x) Hastings

Henry Hastings named five daughters, five sons and two grandsons and appointed son James Hastings executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry (x) Hastings (printed HENRY (x) HASTINGS)

Dated

10 May 1812

Proved

May 1812 court

Family named

James (son); Joseph (son); John (son); William (son); Henry Hastings (son); James Hastings (son); Mary Hastings (daughter); Margaret Adams (daughter); Isbell Collins (daughter); Elizabeth Watson (daughter); Ester Thompson (daughter); John Young (grandson); Thomas Crabtree (grandson)

Executor

James Hastings (son)

Witnesses

Andrew Watson; Arch. Crabtree

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 339.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 50.
• 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).