Will of Samuel (x) Turrentine

Samuel Turrentine named his wife and children, devised land, and appointed executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel (x) Turrentine (printed SAMUEL (x) TURRENTINE)

Dated

14 January 1800

Proved

May 1801 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Absolom (two youngest sons; under 21); Daniel (two youngest sons; under 21); John (son); Samuel (son); James (son); Lydia (daughter; unmarried); Susanna (daughter; unmarried); Sarah (daughter); Mary (daughter); Deborah (daughter); Martha (daughter)

Also left something

Jane

Executor

Samuel (son)

Witnesses

John McMullen; Jno. Alston

Land

100 acres joining the lands of George Wilson; land lying on the east side of Buffalo Creek joining the lands of James Watson Senior; 100 acres turning from Roark’s corner west to Jane Jamison’s line to James Roark’s

Money and goods

$10 to Jane; $4 each to Mary, Deborah and Martha

Places

Buffalo Creek

Also named

George Wilson (adjoining landowner); James Watson (adjoining landowner; Senior); Jane Jamison (adjoining landowner); James Roark (adjoining landowner)

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 38.
• 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).