Will of Samuel Harlan

Samuel Harlan's will was proved in court; Elizabeth Harlan and Aaron Harland qualified as executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Harlan (printed SAMUEL HARLAN)

Proved

July 1754 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, July 1754 term

Family named

Elizabeth Harlan (widow of the deceased)

Executors

Elizabeth Harlan (widow of the deceased); Aaron Harland

Witnesses

James Vassey (?); Valentine Hollingsworth (Quaker)

Also named

Richard Parker (On motion of)

Reading note: Court-minute account also proves an annexed codicil, recorded separately; witness James Vassey (?) uncertain.

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.