Will of Abner (x) Massey

Abner Massey made small legacies to married children and directed seven unmarried children to stay together until Joel reached twenty-one.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Abner (x) Massey (printed ABNER (x) MASSEY)

Dated

26 May 1840

Proved

February 1841 court

Family named

William Massey (son); Armon (son); John Massey (son); Armon Massey (son); Christilly Prosper ? (married daughters); Corrinda Chancery (married daughters); John Massey (other children); Hardy Massey (other children); Kellister Massey (other children); Valinia or Lavinia Massey (other children); Louisey Massey (other children); Miriam Massey (other children); Joel (other children; under 21)

Executors

John Massey (son); Armon Massey (son)

Witnesses

S. W. Fowler; Thos. R. Shepherd

Money and goods

$1; $118 debt due me by John Massey

Reading note: Shields says will very confusingly worded; questions Christilly Prosper ? and gives Valinia or Lavinia Massey.

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 83.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 190.
• 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).