Account: Sarah Younger to Robert A. Younger and others

Sarah Younger accounted for estate enslaved people among Henry Younger’s three sons and served as guardian to John and Richard.

Kind of paper

Account

Made by

Sarah Younger (printed SARAH YOUNGER)

Dated

27 May 1813

Proved

May 1813 court

To

Robert A. Younger (son of HENRY YOUNGER; the oldest son); John Younger (son of HENRY YOUNGER; the second child); Richard Younger (son of HENRY YOUNGER; the third and last child)

Guardian

Sarah (guardian to John and Richard)

Enslaved people not named

The enslaved people belonging to the estate

Also named

HENRY YOUNGER (dec’d; died on 2nd day of December 1812)

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 376.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 55.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).