Will of William Armstrong

William Armstrong named Nancy, five children and two grandsons; sons Joseph and William Armstrong were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Armstrong (printed WILLIAM ARMSTRONG)

Dated

26 August 1808

Proved

November 1814 court

Family named

Nancy (wife); Joseph Armstrong (eldest son); William Armstrong (son); James Armstrong (son); Joseph (son); Isabella Armstrong (daughter); Marget Armstrong (daughter); Jesse Armstrong (grandson); James Watson Armstrong (grandson)

Executors

Joseph (son); William Armstrong (son)

Witnesses

J. Rountree; Charles Rountree Jun’r

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 416.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 61.
• 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).