Will of Nathaniel Carrington

Nathaniel Carrington left real estate to Nathaniel M. Carrington and named other sons and daughters.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Nathaniel Carrington (printed NATHANIEL CARRINGTON)

Dated

14 January 1831

Proved

February 1831 court

Family named

Nathaniel M. Carrington (son); William Carrington (son); Eaphriam (son); Alfred (son); Ruth Carrington (daughter); Dolly Cozart (daughter); Polly Cozart (daughter); Fanny (daughter wife of J.J.Carrington); Dessy Harris (daughter wife of Edward Harris); Dovy (husband of Polly Cozart); J.J.Carrington; Edward Harris

Witnesses

James Webb; P.H.Ma ngum

Land

all real estate

Money and goods

10¢ each; 10¢

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 241.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 142.
• 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).