Orange County Indexed
Will of Willis (x) Roberts
Will Book D, pages 436–438 · dated 23 September 1814 · proved May 1815
Willis Roberts named Sarah, three stepchildren and six children, directing schooling; Thomas Latta and Samuel Turrentine were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Willis (x) Roberts (printed WILLIS (x) ROBERTS)
- Dated
- 23 September 1814
- Proved
- May 1815 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Sarah Roberts (wife); James Roberts (son); Jesse Roberts (son); Menday Roberts (daughter); Loviney Roberts (daughter); Sarah Roberts (daughter); Polly Roberts (daughter); Rebecca Harris (stepchildren); Ephriam Harris (stepchildren); Elzy Harris (stepchildren)
- Executors
- Thomas Latta Sr.; Samuel Turrentine
- Witnesses
- Joseph Armstrong; Peggy Armstrong; Eliz. (x) Trimble
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, pages 436–438.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 64.
- 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).
