Will of Elenor (x) Garrison

Elenor Garrison named Brise F. Garrison, brothers, and sisters’ heirs and appointed brother George Garrison executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Elenor (x) Garrison (printed ELENOR (x) GARRISON)

Dated

3 February 1843

Proved

Date not given

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1844. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

George Garrison (brother); John (brother); Levi Garrison (brother); Mary Pyle (sister); Rebecca Pyle (sister)

Also left something

Brise F. Garrison

Executor

George Garrison (brother)

Witnesses

Benj. Hurdle; Edward (x) Thompson

Money and goods

1 shilling; 1 shilling each

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 236.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 209.
• 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).