Will of Samuel McDaniel

Samuel McDaniel named his father, three single sisters, brothers, and sister Elizabeth; brother William McDaniel was executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel McDaniel (printed SAMUEL McDANIEL)

Dated

22 April 1845

Proved

May 1845 court

Family named

Sally (my three single sisters); Peggy (my three single sisters); Jane (my three single sisters); William (my two single brothers); Jesse (my two single brothers); Henry (brother); Elizabeth (sister); William McDaniel (brother)

Executor

William McDaniel (brother)

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 256.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 211.
• 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).