Will of Andrew Murdock

Andrew Murdock named Margaret, sons and grandchildren and appointed Abraham Craig and James Mebane executors; four men proved the will.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Andrew Murdock (printed ANDREW MURDOCK)

Dated

26 December 1815

Proved

February 1817 court

In the court minutes

• Estate account, February 1817 term
• Will proved, February 1817 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1817 term

Family named

Margaret (wife); Robert Nurdock (son); James Murdock (son); Andrew (children of James; under 21); Betsey Murdock (children of James); Andrew (children of Abraham Craig); Peggy Ann Craig (children of Abraham Craig); Andrew Steel (son of Joseph Steel); Peggy Steel (grandchild); James Mebane (nephew); Abraham Craig (son-in-law)

Also left something

Andrew Murdock (son of Thomas Murdock)

Executors

Abraham Craig (son-in-law); James Mebane (nephew)

Also named

Joseph Steel (father of grandson); Thomas Murdock (father of legatee); James Mebane (Proved by the oaths); William Sheppard (Proved by the oaths); Reuben Smith (Proved by the oaths); Thomas Whitted (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 498.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 75.
• 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).