Will of Hugh Crawford

Hugh Crawford entrusted his wife’s care to his only son and named his daughter.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Hugh Crawford (printed HUGH CRAWFORD)

Dated

4 October 1800

Proved

February 1803 court

Family named

Jenny (wife); Samuel (my only son); Elizabeth Walker (daughter)

Witnesses

William Freshwater; John Galbraith

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 85.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 13.
• 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).