Will of William Guess

William Guess left four hundred dollars to seven children and divided the balance among all children; Moses was executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Guess (printed WILLIAM GUESS)

Dated

21 April 1833

Proved

May 1833 court

Family named

Moses (son); Margaret (my seven children); Sarah (my seven children); James (my seven children); Nancy (my seven children); Frances (my seven children); Joseph (my seven children); Wilson (my seven children); Mary (child intermarried with David Warren); Rebecca (child intermarried with James Dollar); John (all my children); Elizabeth (all my children); George (all my children); Thomas (all my children); David Warren; James Dollar

Executor

Moses (son)

Money and goods

$400

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 294.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 151.
• 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).