Will of Isaac Holden

Isaac Holden named Elizabeth and seven children and left mills to Thomas; Elizabeth, Thomas W. Holden and John Taylor were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Isaac Holden (printed ISAAC HOLDEN)

Dated

12 October 1820

Proved

November 1820 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Thomas Holden (son); Isaac (son; age under 21 years); Thomas W. Holden (son); Thomas W. Holden (my children); Sally Holden (my children); Elizabeth Holden (my children); William Holden (my children); Mary Holden (my children); Harriett Holden (my children); Isaac Holden (my children)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); Thomas W. Holden (son); John Taylor, Jr. (friend)

Witnesses

Tho. J. Faddis; Thomas Holden

Land

my mills on Eno River

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 585.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 91.
• 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).