Will of George Clancy, Sr.

George Clancy named Rebecca and children, ordered schooling and trades for two sons, and appointed Rebecca and Thomas Clancy executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

George Clancy, Sr. (printed GEORGE CLANCY, SR.), of the Town of Hillsborough, N.C.

Dated

4 August 1813

Proved

November 1813 court

Family named

Rebecca (wife); Jack Clancy (son; to be sent to school, and then to be bound to trades); William Clancy (son; to be sent to school, and then to be bound to trades); Thomas Clancy (son); Jenny Clancy (daughter; all under age); Polly Clancy (daughter; all under age); Sally Clancy (daughter; all under age); William Palmer (son-in-law)

Executors

Rebecca (wife); Thomas Clancy (son)

Witness

A. B. Bruce

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 396.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 58.
• 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).