Orange County Indexed
Will of William Riley
Will Book F, page 238 · dated 5 February 1842 · proved August 1844
William Riley named sons and daughter Polly, devised McGowan’s Creek land, and appointed son William Riley sole executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Riley (printed WILLIAM RILEY)
- Dated
- 5 February 1842
- Proved
- August 1844 court
- Family named
- Samuel (son); Copeland (son); William Riley (son); Warden (son); Judson Riley (son); Polly (daughter)
- Executor
- William Riley (son)
- Witnesses
- Hugh Waddell; F. N. Waddell
- Land
- land on McGowan's Creek bought from Enoch Thompson
- Also named
- Enoch Thompson
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 238.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 209.
- Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
