Orange County Indexed
Will of William Freeman
Will Book D, page 43 · dated 4 December 1800 · proved May 1801
William Freeman named his wife and children, devised land, and appointed his wife and George Freeman executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Freeman (printed WILLIAM FREEMAN)
- Dated
- 4 December 1800
- Proved
- May 1801 court
- Family named
- Sarah Freeman (wife); George Freemen (son); John Freeman (son); William Freeman (son); Polly Trotman (daughter); Christian Freeman (my children); Nancy Freeman (my children); Betsey Freeman (my children); Sally Freeman (my children); Wm. Freeman (my children)
- Executors
- Sarah Freeman (wife); George Freeman
- Witnesses
- Hardy Hurdle; Joseph Terrill
- Land
- 100 acres joining the land of David ...... and Thomas Dixon
- Also named
- David (adjoining landowner; surname omitted on source); Thomas Dixon (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 43.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 4.
- 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).
