Will of John Nelson

John Nelson named Janet and ten children; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Nelson (printed JOHN NELSON)

Dated

9 June 1822

Proved

August 1822 court

Family named

Janet (wife); William (son); David (son); John (son); Samuel (son); Alfred (son); Paisley (son); James (son); Isabella (daughter); Marey (or Nancy) (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Witnesses

Samuel Nelson; James Tate

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 21.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 102.
• 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).