Orange County Indexed
Will of William Ray
dated 11 March 1794
William Ray named his wife, four sons and three daughters, noted land sold to John Homes, and appointed his wife and Benjamin Rainey executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Ray (printed WILLIAM RAY), of Orange County, N.C.
- Dated
- 11 March 1794
- Proved
- Date not given
- Family named
- Martha (wife); Robert (son); John (son); William (son); James (son); Christian (das); Elizabeth (das); Isabell (das)
- Executor
- Benjamin Rainey
- Witnesses
- William Rainey; Mary (x) Rainey; James Stockedd
- Land
- land to John Homes, son of Robert Homes
- Also named
- John Homes (son of Robert Homes); Robert Homes
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
- The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966), page 3.
