Orange County Indexed
Will of William Anderson
Will Book E, page 161 · dated 13 January 1827 · proved August 1828
William Anderson named his wife, two daughters, and two underage sons and appointed William Merritt executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Anderson (printed WILLIAM ANDERSON)
- Dated
- 13 January 1827
- Proved
- August 1828 court
- Family named
- Lucinda (wife); Henry Anderson (son; both under age); William Anderson (son; both under age); Margaret Anderson (daughter); Minerva Anderson (daughter)
- Executor
- William Merritt
- Witnesses
- Franklin O'Kelly; Pleasant Barbee
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 161.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 128.
- 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).
