Will of Henry Morras

Henry Morras provided for his wife, sons and grandson, directed division after his wife’s death, and appointed two friends executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry Morras (printed HENRY MORRAS)

Dated

3 July 1801

Proved

August 1801 court

Family named

Thomas Morrass (son); Richard (son); Henry (son); John Morris (grandson)

Executors

William Hogan (trusty friends); Thomas Brewer (trusty friends)

Witnesses

Wm. McCauley; David Hogan; Robert (x) Blackwood

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 50.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 6.
• 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).