Will of William Shepperd

William Shepperd named children and heirs and divided remaining property among six daughters; Sampson Moore, Christopher Barbee and Sullivan Leigh were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Shepperd (printed WILLIAM SHEPPERD)

Dated

1 December 1825

Proved

May 1826 court

Family named

James (son); Mary (daughter); Caty (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)

Executors

Sampson Moore (as an executor for Susanna Thrower); Christopher Barbee; Sullivan Leigh

Witnesses

Richard Leigh; Berry Holden

Also named

Henry Shepperd (heirs of); Susanna Thrower (represented by Sampson Moore)

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 E, page 111.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 120.
• 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).