Orange County Indexed
Will of David (x) Strain
Will Book E, pages 402–403 · dated 9 February 1837 · proved February 1837
David Strain named wife Jane, two sons, and two unmarried daughters and appointed William and John executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- David (x) Strain (printed DAVID (x) STRAIN)
- Dated
- 9 February 1837
- Proved
- February 1837 court
- Family named
- Jane (wife); John Strain (son); William Strain (son); William (son); John (son); Sarah (daughter; unmarried); Elizabeth Strain (daughter; unmarried)
- Executors
- William (son); John (son)
- Witnesses
- N. I. King; J. Mullchey; David McLean
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, pages 402–403.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 170.
- 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).
