Will of Mildred (x) Garrard

Mildred Garrard named sons, a daughter and in-laws, left cash and goods, and appointed James Walker and Carter Garrard executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Mildred (x) Garrard (printed MILDRED (x) GARRARD)

Dated

10 February 1816

Proved

May 1816 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, May 1816 term
• Administration of an estate, May 1816 term

Family named

Daniel Garrard (son); John Garrard (son); Jacob Garrard (son); Carter N. Garrard (son); Samuel Garrard (son); Susy Garrard (daughter); Joshua Childres (my son-in-law); George Bryant (my son-in-law); Elizabeth Garrard (daughter-in-law)

Also left something

William Carrington; William Garrard

Executors

James Walker (friend); Carter Garrard

Witnesses

Lot G. Watson; Chuza Hopkins

Land

land

Money and goods

5 shillings each; bed, chairs; furniture, stock

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 477.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 71.
• 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).