Will of Nancy (x) Moore

Nancy Moore left her estate to three daughters and five cents each to other heirs; Edward Couch and Alexander Gattis were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Nancy (x) Moore (printed NANCY (x) MOORE)

Dated

24 November 1816

Proved

February 1817 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Nancy Mason. Check the will book to settle it.

In the court minutes

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

Family named

Nelly (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Betsey (daughter)

Executors

Edward Couch; Alexander Gattis

Witnesses

Thomas Gattis; Elizabeth Mason

Money and goods

five cents apiece

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 500.
• 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).