Will of Hardy Hurdle

Hardy Hurdle provided for his children and grandchildren and appointed his seven sons executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Hardy Hurdle (printed HARDY HURDLE)

Dated

19 July 1827

Proved

August 1828 court

Family named

James Hurdle (son); Henry Hurdle (son); George Hurdle (son); Thomas Hurdle (son); Benjamin Hurdle (son); Josiah Hurdle (son); Jacob Hurdle (son; under 21); Nancy Garrison (daughter); Sarah McCulley (daughter); Rachel Hurdle (daughter); Milly Beasley (daughter); Hardy Beasley (grandson); William McCulley (children of my daughter Sarah McCulley); Hardy McCulley (children of my daughter Sarah McCulley); Miles McCulley (children of my daughter Sarah McCulley); Milley McCulley (children of my daughter Sarah McCulley); Sarah McCulley (children of my daughter Sarah McCulley); Samuel Beasley (my son-in-law); John McCulley (husband of Sarah McCulley)

Executors

James Hurdle (my seven sons); Henry Hurdle (my seven sons); George Hurdle (my seven sons); Thomas Hurdle (my seven sons); Benjamin Hurdle (my seven sons); Josiah Hurdle (my seven sons); Jacob Hurdle (my seven sons)

Witnesses

Robert A. Younger; James M. Scott

Land

land I purchased from Jonathan Jordan

Money and goods

$5; $25 each

Also named

Jonathan Jordan

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 164.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 129.
• 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).