Orange County Indexed
Will of John Ray, Sr.
Will Book E, page 175 · dated 10 August 1827 · proved February 1829
John Ray named his wife, three sons, daughters, and widowed daughter-in-law and appointed David Ray and Richard Nichols executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Ray, Sr. (printed JOHN RAY, SR.)
- Dated
- 10 August 1827
- Proved
- February 1829 court
- Family named
- Sally (wife); Joseph Ray (my son; deceased); John Ray (son); David Ray (son); Margaret Robinson (daughter, wife of James); Sally Robinson (daughter); Lydia McKee (daughter, wife of Rankin McKee); Susan Ray (daughter); James; Rankin McKee; Susy Ray (widow of my son Joseph Ray)
- Executors
- David Ray (son); Richard Nichols
- Witnesses
- Samuel Madden; Alex. Smith
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 175.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 130.
- 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).
