Orange County Indexed
Will of William Ray, Sr.
Will Book E, page 316 · dated 13 February 1833 · proved May 1834
William Ray named three sons, two daughters, and six children of deceased Thomas Ray and appointed Richison Nichols executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Ray, Sr. (printed WILLIAM RAY, SR.)
- Dated
- 13 February 1833
- Proved
- May 1834 court
- Family named
- James Ray (son); William Ray (son); John Ray (son); Jane Hopkins (daughter); Sally Rhew (daughter); James (grandson, sons of Thomas Ray deceased); John Ray (grandson, sons of Thomas Ray deceased); William (other children of Thomas); Rebecca (other children of Thomas); Charles (other children of Thomas); Bogan (other children of Thomas)
- Executor
- Richison Nichols
- Witnesses
- Adam Dikson; Wm. Dickson
- Also named
- Thomas Ray (deceased)
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 316.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 155.
- 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).
