Spoken will of William W. Hall

William Hall left his estate by spoken will to Alex G. Hall; three men proved it by oath.

Kind of paper

Spoken will

Testator

William W. Hall (printed WILLIAM W. HALL)

Dated

4 June 1825

Proved

August 1825 court

Also left something

Alex G. Hall (no relationship stated)

Also named

William Hall Sr. (proved by the oaths); Joseph Allison (proved by the oaths); Joel Reynolds (proved by the oaths)

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 86.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 114.
• 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).