Orange County Indexed
Will of Nicholas Jones
Will Book E, pages 216–218 · dated 3 May 1830 · proved May 1830
Nicholas Jones distributed land to his wife and sons, named underage daughters, and appointed Henry W. Jones and Washington Jones executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Nicholas Jones (printed NICHOLAS JONES)
- Dated
- 3 May 1830
- Proved
- May 1830 court
- Family named
- Nancy (wife); William (son); Willis Simpson Jones (son); Washington Jones (son; under age); Polly Jones (daughter; under age); Martha Ann Jones (daughter; under age); Rebecca Jones (daughter; under age); Henry W. Jones (brother; of Granville County); David Parker (wife's father; of Granville County, N.C.)
- Executors
- Henry W. Jones (brother; of Granville County); Washington Jones (son)
- Witnesses
- Willis Bowling; John J. Carrington
- Land
- land which joins Samuel Evans and Ephriam Carrington deceased; land in Granville County on Nap of Reed Creek; land on Flat River
- Places
- Granville County, N.C.; Nap of Reed Creek; Flat River
- Also named
- Samuel Evans; Ephriam Carrington (deceased); George Roberts (deceased); James Roberts; Edward Jones Sr.
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, pages 216–218.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 137.
- 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).
