Will of Levi Pennington

Levi Pennington named Margaret and appointed her and Archibald Murphey executors; three men proved the unwitnessed will.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Levi Pennington (printed LEVI PENNINGTON)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated --”

Proved

May 1813 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1815. Check the will book to settle it.

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 25 May 1813
• Administration of an estate, 25 May 1813

Family named

Margaret (wife)

Executors

Margaret (wife); Archibald Murphey (worthy friend)

Also named

John Umstead (proved by the oaths); John Stockard (proved by the oaths); James W. Russell (proved by the oaths)

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 451.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 66.
• 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).