Will of Frederick Fonville

Frederick Fonville provided for his wife, children, and grandchildren and appointed son-in-law Thomas Grahams executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Frederick Fonville (printed FREDERICK FONVILLE)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated 27 October 183-”

Proved

May 1835 court

Family named

Asa (son; both under age); Brice (son; both under age); William (son); James (son); John (son); Hannah (daughter; married); Edna (daughter; married); Sarah (daughter; married); Mary (daughter); Fanna (daughter); Brice (her son); Palina (her daughter); Washington (his son); Thomas Grahams (son-in-law)

Executor

Thomas Grahams (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Jacob Somers; Chesley F. Faucette

Money and goods

$1; $3

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 350.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 160.
• 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).