Will of David Herndon

David Herndon named sons and daughters and appointed sons Edmond and George Herndon executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Herndon (printed DAVID HERNDON)

Dated

9 March 1812

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Larkin (son); Edmond (son); George (son); Martin Pearce (son); George Herndon (son); Frances (daughter); Clary (daughter); Martha (daughter); Nancy (daughter); Rachel (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Rebecca (daughter)

Executors

Edmond (son); George Herndon (son)

Witnesses

Jno. Landers; Elisha Rowark

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 373.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 54.
• 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).