Orange County Indexed
Will of William Norwood
Will Book F, page 116 · proved February 1841
William Norwood named wife Robina, five sons, three daughters, and James’s unnamed family and appointed sons Joseph and John executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Norwood (printed WILLIAM NORWOOD)
- Dated
- As printed: “Will dated 30 March, 18--”
- Proved
- February 1841 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as February 1842. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Robina (wife); John W. Norwood (son); Joseph Norwood (son); James H. Norwood (son); William (son); Walter (son); Joseph (son); John (son); Eliza (daughter); Jane (daughter); Helen (daughter)
- Executors
- Joseph (son); John (son)
- Witnesses
- O. F. Long; H. Webb
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 F, page 116.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 194.
- 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).
