Orange County Indexed
Will of William Faussett, Sen’R
Will Book D, page 465 · dated 4 January 1815 · proved February 1816
William Faussett named Lydia, children and sons-in-law, left Cane Creek land, and appointed Ralph Faussett and George Faussett executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Faussett, Sen’R (printed WILLIAM FAUSSETT, SEN’R)
- Dated
- 4 January 1815
- Proved
- February 1816 court
- Family named
- Lydia (wife); Ralph Faucett (son); George (son); Robert (son); Eli (son); James Faussett (son); Ralph Faussett (son); George Faussett (son); Polly (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Eleanor Faussett (daughter); Lucia Faussett (daughter); Abner Walker (son-in-law); James Watkins (son-in-law); Robert McCauley (son-in-law)
- Executors
- Ralph Faussett (son); George Faussett (son)
- Witnesses
- Rob’t L. Mitchell; Caleb Wilson; James McCrory
- Land
- land on Cane Creek
- Money and goods
- £5
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 465.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 69.
- 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).
