Will of Uriah Springer

Uriah Springer named his wife and five children and appointed two executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Uriah Springer (printed URIAH SPRINGER)

Dated

9 April 1800

Proved

May 1800 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 28 May 1800
• Administration of an estate, 28 May 1800

Family named

Margaret Springer (wife); George (son); Adam (son); David (son); Mary (daughter); Eve Porter (daughter)

Executors

Stephen Ward; John Whiter

Witnesses

Ebenezer Doan; John Bullack

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 5.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• 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).