Will of William (x) Holder

William Holder named Mourning and ten children and appointed son Chesley executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William (x) Holder (printed WILLIAM (x) HOLDER)

Dated

5 May 1817

Proved

February 1825 court

Family named

Mourning (wife); Chesley (son); Chesley (child); William (child); Daniel (child); Polly (child); John (child); Hosea (child); Lydia (child); Nancy (child); Elijah (child); Elisha (child)

Executor

Chesley (son)

Witnesses

Thos. Flint; Harrison Christian

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 74.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 112.
• 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).