Will of Henry O'Daniel

Henry O’Daniel named his wife, sons, daughters, and three grandsons and appointed Thomas Hastings and Thomas Brewer executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry O'Daniel (printed HENRY O'DANIEL)

Dated

22 November 1820

Proved

November 1829 court

Family named

Margery (wife); Samuel (son); John (son); Joshua (son); William (son); Susana Pickhard (daughter); Jeane McDaniel (daughter); Sally Hastings (daughter); Margaret Pickhard (daughter); William O'Daniel (grandson, son of John); Henry (grandson, sons of William); William (grandson, sons of William)

Executors

Thomas Hastings; Thomas Brewer

Witnesses

John O'Daniel Jr.; Jesse O'Daniel

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 208.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 135.
• 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).