Will of Henry (x) Martin

Henry Martin named Sarah and children and appointed his wife executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry (x) Martin (printed HENRY (x) MARTIN)

Dated

24 July 1814

Proved

May 1815 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); Robert Martin (son); George Martin (son); Jane Browning (daughter); Elizabeth (child); Sally Wamick (Warnick ?) (child); Rebecca (child); Polly (child); Nancy (child); Peggy Martin (child); Edmund Browning (husband of Jane Browning)

Witnesses

Caleb Wilson; J. Watson

Reading note: Children list has one comma; Sally Wamick (Warnick ?) retained, other unpunctuated given names separated without supplying surname.

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 431.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 63.
• 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).