Will of Samuel Strayhorn

Samuel Strayhorn named minor children James and Sally, ordered their education, and appointed Sampson Moore and Gilbert Hart executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Strayhorn (printed SAMUEL STRAYHORN)

Dated

19 July 1821

Proved

August 1821 court

Family named

James (son; under age; to be educated); Sally (daughter; under age; to be educated)

Executors

Sampson Moore (friend); Gilbert Hart

Witnesses

J. Webb; James Hart

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 600.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 95.
• 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).