ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WILL ABSTRACTS

transcribed by Kristin Rainey Rumble.

"RAINEY TIMES", VOLUME 5, JULY, 1985, P.69 (CLIPPING FROM RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER, 14 JUNE 1811)

THE REV. BENJAMIN RAINEY

ON HAW RIVER, IN ORANGE COUNTY, ON THE 5TH INST. MUCH REGRETTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, THE REV. BENJAMIN RAINEY, AGED 52 YEARS, AFTER AN ILLNESS OF NEARLY SIX MONTHS, LEAVING A LARGE FAMILY OF CHILDREN. HE WAS THE ONLY SON OF HIS PARENTS, NOW LIVING NEARLY 74 YEARS OF AGE.

FROM ABSTRACTS OF WILLS RECORDED 1752-1800 IN ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS A, B, AND C AND 20 PAGES IN BOOK D AND 200 EARLY MARRIAGES NOT SHOWN IN THE ORANGE CO. MARRIAGE BONDS," (Ruth Herndon Shields) PGS.44-45, 92-93 [note: book actually includes records from later years as well]

D286
WILL DATED 17 APRIL 1811, PROVED IN MAY COURT, 1811. THIS WILL IS NOT IN THE STATE ARCHIVES.

BENJAMIN RAINEY
WIFE:NANCY
MICHAEL HOLT AND NEIL BHON ? HAVE BOUGHT LAND FROM TESTATOR DAUS:NANCY, SALLY, MILLY SON: JOHN LAND IN TENNESSEE ON TURNBULL CREEK, 500 ACRES "Sons and sons-in-law (to with) John King, Isaac Rainey, Benjamin Abel Rainey and William Holt" land in Orange County, N.C. joining Guilford county line, Anthony Coble, etc. GRANDSON: AUSTIN HE LEAVES HIS SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS TO HIS SON ISAAC. EXECUTORS: SON BENJAMIN ABEL RAINEY AND SON-IN-LAW WM. HOLT. WITNESSES: JOHN GANT, MASON TAPLEY THIS WILL IS ALSO RECORDED ON PAGES 295-299 IN BOOK D.

D289
WILL DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1807, PROVED NOV COURT 1808.
LEWIS KIRK
SON: JOHN KIRK
"My four eldest children viz[?] William[,]James[,] Rebecca and Josiah." EXECUTORS: FRIENDS RICHARD STANFORD AND THOMAS SNIPES. WITNESSESS: JON. UMSTEAD, H. FOREST, DAVID ROACH.

D291
Deed from JAMES A. MORGAN to WILLIAM KIRKLAND.
Witnesses: William Barbee, Edward ...?...
Dated 22 May 1809, proved November 1809.

WILLIAM RANY
WILL DATED 24 JULY 1797, PROVED AUG 1813. WIFE: MARY. SON: DAVID RANY; GRANDSONS: WILLIAM BAKER (UNDER AGE), WM. RANY GWIN (UNDER AGE), WILLIAM RANY. JOHN BAKER (NO RELATIONSHIP STATED); BROTHER DAVID RANY. EXECUTORS: WIFE MARY AND SON DAVID RANY. WIT: WM THRAILKILL, JOHN GIL, AND ROBERT DUNCAN.

D300
Power of Attorney from THOMAS HOUSE or HORNE "formerly of Orange County, N.C. but now of Chester District in the State of South Carolina" to William Holt. He revokes letters of Administration granted to John Strowd on the estate of his deceased son [*]LILLTLEBURY HORNE ? who died in North Carolina. Dated 21 June 1811. Witness: B.A. Rainey. [*note: in the Shields abstract, this is how what apparently is 'Littlebury' was spelled; it appears she used the question mark to indicate that the original record appeared 'Lilltlebury']

D590
MARY(x)RAINEY
WILL DATED 20 JAN 1821, PROVED FEB 1821. "IN LOW STATE OF HEALTH:. GRANDSON: WILLIAM W. RAINEY. "GRANDCHILDREN MARY A. RAINEY AND PERMELIA E. RAINEY"; DAU-IN-LAW ANN P. RAINEY. EXECUTRIX: DAU-IN- LAW ANN P. RAINEY. WITNESSES: SAM'L CRAFORD, GEORGE ALLISON.

D590
THOMAS READING
WILL DATED 8 JULY 1820, PROVED FEBRUARY COURT 1821. WIFE: MARY "CHILDREN, NAMELY: JOHN READING, STEPHEN READING, MARTHA BEEVER, MARY WHITAKER, ELIZABETH HORN, THOMAS READING." SOLE EXECUTOR: SON JOHN READING. WITNESSES: JOHN REDMON, JONES CARDIN.

D592
JAMES (x) ROBERTS
WILL DATED 8 JULY 1820, PROVED FEBRUARY COURT 1821.
WIFE GETS ALL ESTATE
"Two Youngest sons James & Ellis" land after wife's death.
"All my other children"10¢[cents]
EXECUTORS: WILLIAM ROBERTS AND LEWIS ROBERTS. WITNESSES: NATHANIEL HARRIS, MATTHEW (x) ELLIS.

D592
ELIZABETH F. (x) SAWYER
WILL DATED 23 SEPTEMBER 1820, PROVED FEBRUARY COURT 1821.
"very weak and feeble"
ALL ESTATE TO SISTER MARY C. SAWYER.
SOLE EXECUTOR: FRIEND AND UNCLE JOHN CAMPBELL WITNESSES: E. TURNER, JOHN LANDERS.

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