Orange County Indexed
Will of William Blackwood
Will Book E, page 229 · dated 23 November 1829 · proved August 1830
William Blackwood left small sums to children and land and furniture to daughters Nancy, Catherine, and Fanny; sons John and William were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Blackwood (printed WILLIAM BLACKWOOD)
- Dated
- 23 November 1829
- Proved
- August 1830 court
- Family named
- John Blackwood (son); William Blackwood (son); James Blackwood (son); John (son); Hannah Selph (daughter); Elizabeth Allen (daughter); Mary Craig (daughter); Martha Craig (daughter); Jane McCauley (daughter); Ann Potts (daughter); Margaret Long (daughter); Sarah Gattis (daughter); Nancy (daughter); Catherine (daughter); Fanny (daughter); Anderson (grandson, son of daughter Ann Potts)
- Executors
- John (son); William Blackwood (son)
- Witnesses
- Wm. C. Blackwood; Franklin L. Blackwood
- Land
- all my land
- Money and goods
- 50¢ each; 50¢; furniture
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 229.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 139.
- 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).
