Will of David Hardee

David Hardee named Winney, children and granddaughter Martha Thompson; his wife, Sally Hardee, Willie Shaw and Miles Wells were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Hardee (printed DAVID HARDEE)

Dated

8 January 1824

Proved

May 1824 court

Family named

Winney (wife); John (son); William (son); Thomas (son); Polly Wells (daughter); Elizabeth Crisp (daughter); Sally Harde (daughter); Martha Carlton Thompson (daughter); Martha Winnefred Thompson (granddaughter)

Executors

Sally Hardee; Willie Shaw (Mr.); Miles Wells

Witnesses

Alston Moore; John Moore

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 57.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 109.
• 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).