Will of Barney (x) Troxler

Barney Troxler provided cash and goods to Elizabeth and descendants; George Troxler and Isaac Holt were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Barney (x) Troxler (printed BARNEY (x) TROXLER)

Dated

26 March 1814

Proved

May 1817 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, May 1817 term

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Jacob Troxler (son); David Troxler (son); Powell (son); Barney (son); George (son); Philipena Coble (daughter); Mary (daughter); Elizabeth Huffman (daughter); Catherine McCamey (daughter); John Albright (daughter Mary’s son); David Coble (husband of daughter); Peter Huffman (husband of daughter); James McCamey (husband of daughter)

Executors

George Troxler; Isaac Holt

Witnesses

Is’c Holt; Christopher Coble; Daniel Albright

Money and goods

$50; 5 shillings; $20; $1; my chest and clothes; $30

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 507.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 76.
• 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).