Will of Adam Springer

Adam Springer named two sisters and two brothers and appointed Sebastian Graves executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Adam Springer (printed ADAM SPRINGER)

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1825. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Mary Springer (sister); Eve Partin (sister); David Springer (brother); George Springer (brother)

Executor

Sebastian Graves (Trusty and beloved friend)

Witnesses

Benj. Burnside; John Coble

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 90.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 116.
• 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).