Will of Benjamin (x) Roney

Benjamin Roney named his wife, six daughters, three sons, and grandchildren and appointed Andrew Roney and John Trolinger executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Benjamin (x) Roney (printed BENJAMIN (x) RONEY)

Dated

25 March 1825

Proved

August 1827 court

Family named

Catherine (wife); James Roney (son); Andrew Roney (son); John Roney (son); Margaret Eason (daughter); Nancy Bryan (daughter); Catherine Pickett (daughter); Mary Clendennin (daughter); Sally McCadams (daughter); Elizabeth Trowlinger (daughter); Sally McAdams (daughter); Catherine (children of Mary); Benjamin Clendennin (children of Mary); Benjamin (grandchild, children of daughter Sally McAdams; under 21); Catherine McAdams (grandchild, children of daughter Sally McAdams; under 21); John Trolinger (son-in-law)

Executors

Andrew Roney (son); John Trolinger (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Robert A. Younger; Joseph Barker

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, pages 143–145.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 125.
• 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).