Codicil of William Whitted, Sr.

William Whitted redirected deceased daughter Mary Bird’s legacy to her seven children.

Kind of paper

Codicil

Testator

William Whitted, Sr. (printed WILLIAM WHITTED, SR.)

Dated

4 August 1815

Family named

Mary Bird (daughter; has died); William Bird (children of the deceased Mary Bird); James Bird (children of the deceased Mary Bird); Sarah Walker (children of the deceased Mary Bird); Nancy Thompson (children of the deceased Mary Bird); Susannah Anderson (children of the deceased Mary Bird); John Bird (children of the deceased Mary Bird); Fanny Hamilton (children of the deceased Mary Bird)

Witnesses

David Yarborough; J or I McKerall

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 468.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 70.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).