Will of William Brown

William Brown named wife Ruth, daughter Ann, five sons, and granddaughter Polly Ann Cabe and appointed Mathew Brown and Allen Brown executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Brown (printed WILLIAM BROWN)

Dated

16 March 1832

Proved

August 1839 court

Family named

Ruth (wife); Mathew (son); John (son); William (son); Jehu (son); Allen Brown (son); Mathew Brown (son); Ann Brown (daughter); Polly Ann Cabe (granddaughter)

Executors

Mathew Brown (son); Allen Brown (son)

Witnesses

Daniel Wilkerson; John Wilkerson

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 26.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 182.
• 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).