Orange County Indexed
Will of David Ray
Will Book D, pages 607–609 · dated 31 July 1821 · proved November 1821
David Ray named Jane, brother Robert and children and divided his remaining estate into eight shares.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- David Ray (printed DAVID RAY)
- Dated
- 31 July 1821
- Proved
- November 1821 court
- Family named
- Jane (wife); Peter (son); Griffin (son); George (son); Tyree (son); William (my son); Ellen (my children); Petronilla (my children); Peggy (my children); Jane (my children); Robert Ray (brother); William B. Jamison (husband of my daughter Ellen)
- Executors
- Duncan Cameron; James Webb; Thomas Ruffin
- Guardians
- Duncan Cameron (guardians of all my infant children); James Webb (guardians of all my infant children); Thomas Ruffin (guardians of all my infant children)
- Trustees
- Duncan Cameron (my friends; 1/8 part in trust for my son William); James Webb (my friends; 1/8 part in trust for my son William)
- Witnesses
- Wil. Kirkland; Favid Woods
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, pages 607–609.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 96.
- 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).
