Will of Edward Wilson

Edward Wilson named Rachel, six children and grandson William; daughter Polly and son William were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Edward Wilson (printed EDWARD WILSON)

Dated

13 May 1812

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Rachel (wife); William (son); Edward (son); Hugh (son); Polly (daughter; unmarried); Nancy (daughter); Rachel (daughter); William (my son Edward’s son)

Executors

Polly (daughter); William (son)

Witnesses

David Mebane; B. Burnsides

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 347.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 51.
• 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).