Will of Peter L. Ray

Peter L. Ray named wife Elizabeth B. Ray and three children and appointed William Holt and Jeremiah Holt executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Peter L. Ray (printed PETER L. RAY)

Dated

13 August 1830

Proved

November 1830 court

Family named

Elizabeth B. Ray (wife); David L. Ray (child; under age); Mary E. Ray (child); Griffen L. Ray (child)

Executors

William Holt, Sr.; Jeremiah Holt, Sr.

Witnesses

James Bleat; William Tarpley

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 232.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 140.
• 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).