Will of David Nelson

David Nelson named mother Jennett, siblings and brother-in-law David Craig and appointed James Tate and David Mebane executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

David Nelson (printed DAVID NELSON)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated --”

Proved

November 1825 court

Family named

Jennett Nelson (mother); William (brother); John (brother); Samuel (brother); Alfred Nelson (brother); Paisley Nelson (brother); Mary Nelson (sister); Margaret Nelson (sister); David Craig (brother-in-law)

Executors

James Tate; David Mebane

Witnesses

David Mebane; James Tate

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 91.
• 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).