Orange County Indexed
Will of William (x) Rany
Will Book D, page 379 · dated 24 July 1797 · proved August 1813
William Rany named Mary, son David, three grandsons, brother David and John Baker; Mary and his son David were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William (x) Rany (printed WILLIAM (x) RANY)
- Dated
- 24 July 1797
- Proved
- August 1813 court
- Family named
- Mary (wife); David Rany (son); William Baker (grandson; under age); Wm. Rany Gwin (grandson; under age); William Rany (grandson); David Rany (brother)
- Also left something
- John Baker (no relationship stated)
- Executors
- Mary (wife); David Rany (son)
- Witnesses
- Wm. Thrailkill; John Gil; Robert Duncan
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 379.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 55.
- 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).
