Will of Elizabeth (x) Murdock

Elizabeth Murdock named children and grandchildren, gave small cash legacies, and appointed daughter Ann Murdock executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Elizabeth (x) Murdock (printed ELIZABETH (x) MURDOCK), widow of James Murdock

Dated

8 February 1814

Proved

February 1814 court

Family named

James Murdock (husband; deceased); James (son); William Murdock (son); John Murdock (father of grandchildren; deceased); Ann Murdock (daughter); Mary Buchannon (daughter); Caty Murdock (oldest daughter); David Murdock (son of Ann); John Murdock (ch. of James); Mary Murdock (ch. of James); Robert (son of John Murdock deceased); Elizabeth Riggs (daughter of John Murdock deceased); Elizabeth Murdock (daughter of James Murdock)

Executor

Ann Murdock (daughter)

Witnesses

Thos. B. Patterson; Wm. Bowls

Money and goods

5 shillings each

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 399.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 59.
• 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).