Will of Dicy (x) Harris

Dicy Harris named her brother, his children, and nieces and appointed nephew Williams Harris sole executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Dicy (x) Harris (printed DICY (x) HARRIS)

Dated

8 July 1836

Proved

August 1836 court

Family named

William Harris (brother); Narcissa Ann (brother William Harris' four oldest children); Rufust (brother William Harris' four oldest children); Mary (brother William Harris' four oldest children); Lucy (brother William Harris' four oldest children); Elenor Piper (my nieces); Drady Parker (my nieces); Temperance Harris (my nieces); Edna Harris (my nieces); Elizabeth Harris (my nieces); Ducey Harris (my nieces); Williams Harris (nephew)

Also left something

Amelia Ball; Temperance Harris; Eliz. Mangum; Nathaniel Harris

Executor

Williams Harris (nephew)

Witness

James C. Roberts

In the paper’s words

“weak in body”

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 386.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 167.
• 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).