Will of John Hicks

John Hicks named sons John and Thomas and daughters Frances and Jane and appointed sons James and John executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Hicks (printed JOHN HICKS)

Dated

6 May 1831

Proved

November 1832 court

Family named

John Hicks (son); John Hicks (son); Thomas M. Hicks (son); James (son); John (son); Frances Hicks (daughter); Jane Hicks (daughter)

Executors

James (son); John (son)

Witnesses

James Trewett; Wm. Brannock

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 285.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 149.
• 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).