Receipt: Amelia (x) Morgan to Sarah Morgan

Amelia Morgan gave a receipt to Sarah Morgan, executrix of Hardy Morgan’s estate.

Kind of paper

Receipt

Made by

Amelia (x) Morgan (printed AMELIA (x) MORGAN)

Dated

11 January 1803

Proved

May 1810 court

In the court minutes

• Deed proved, May 1810 term

To

SARAH MORGAN (Executrix of Hardy Morgan deceased)

Witnesses

John Daniel; J.G.Rencher; Ch. Barbee

In the records of enslaved people

• Brad, Candice, Phoebe, Denney (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation, which gives the names the abstract leaves out)

Also named

Hardy Morgan (estate; deceased)

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 614.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 97.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).