Will of William Marshill

William Marshill named Mary, children and in-laws, left a plantation to William, and appointed William and Benjamin Dixon executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Marshill (printed WILLIAM MARSHILL)

Dated

20 May 1824

Proved

August 1824 court

Family named

Mary (wife); William (son); Elizabeth (daughter; unmarried); Rachel (daughter); Ann (daughter); Benjamin Dixon (son-in-law); Winlock (?) Reynolds (son-in-law); Solomon Stout (son-in-law); Elizabeth Marshill (daughter-in-law)

Executors

William (son); Benjamin Dixon (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Solomon Allen; John (x) Sheirdan (?)

Land

plantation he now lives on

Reading note: Winlock (?) Reynolds and John (x) Sheirdan (?) questioned.

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 60.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 110.
• 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).