Will of Edward Harris

Edward Harris named his wife and seven children, devised plantations, and appointed his wife and friend executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Edward Harris (printed EDWARD HARRIS)

Dated

1 March 1801

Proved

May 1801 court

In the court minutes

• Estate account, August 1801 term

Family named

Mary (wife); Mary Harris (wife); Sterling (son); Edward (son); Nathaniel (son); Willie (son; also spelled Wylley; youngest; when age 21); Mary (daughter); Elizabeth Harris (daughter); Delila (daughter)

Executors

Mary Harris (wife); James Walker (friend)

Witnesses

Jesse Trice; James Moore; James Carrington (Jr.)

Land

plantation on Mountain Creek; my land and plantation lying upon Eno River

Places

Mountain Creek; Eno River

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 36.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 3.
• 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).