Will of Edward Trice

Edward Trice named his wife and nine children and appointed his wife and two others executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Edward Trice (printed EDWARD TRICE)

Dated

20 June 1800

Proved

November 1800 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 27 November 1800
• Administration of an estate, 27 November 1800

Family named

Tabitha (wife); John (son); Harrison (son); William (son); George (son); Andrew (son); Charles (son); Zecel (Ezekiel) (son); Ruth Higgins (daughter); Betsy (daughter)

Executors

Tabitha (wife); William Trice; John Moore

Witnesses

John Moore; Enah Massey; Martha Casselberry

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 9, page 47

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 7.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• 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).