Will of Henry Evans

Henry Evans named his pregnant wife and minor son, provided schooling for Archelus Thompson, and appointed three friends executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry Evans (printed HENRY EVANS)

Dated

20 September 1814

Proved

February 1815 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1815 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1815 term
• Estate account, February 1815 term

Family named

Elizabeth (wife; she is pregnant); Asa (son; age under 9 years old)

Also left something

Archelus M. Thompson (be sent to school 18 months)

Executors

Chesley P. Patterson (trusty friends); William Rhodes (trusty friends); Benjamin Rhodes (trusty friends)

Witnesses

John Rhodes; Thomas (x) Hutchings

Land

land in Wake County, N.C.

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 427.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 62.
• 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).