There are four volumes of records in the Ordinary’s office, from which the following abstracts of wills and of estates have been taken. The first volume is not marked by alphabetical order, and contains only six wills, dating from 1809 to 1816; the second volume, Book A, covers the years 1810 to 1848; the third volume, Book B, from 1853 to 1906; the fourth volume, Book C, from 1910 to 1935.
As a key to understand the abbreviations: w. is for wife; d. daughter; s. son; b. brother; c. child or children; h. heirs; g.c: grandchildren; m. mother; f. father; s.l. son-in-law; d.l. daughter-in-law; b.l. brother-in-law; sis. sister; n. nephew; n. niece; cou. cousin
Since this index was created in order of how they’re listed in the Will Book, it’s best to conduct a search for the surname of the person you’re searching first.
Register Book A
Sanders Bush, w. Mary; children.
Solomon A. Hopkins, w. Nancy; s. William.
Stephen Pennington, w. Elizabeth; s. Jesse, William; d. Abigail Holly, Rachael Harris; g.s. John.
Philipp Jones, w. Nancy; s. Henry, Samuel; d. Mary Tooke, Eliza Artemesia Polly Tooke.
Mark Mason, W. Sarah; s. Redmon; d. Mary Dees, Nancy Dees, Sarah.
William Roberts, w. Ann; s. Josiah, Sherrard, Simon, Benjamin; d. Elizabeth, Patience; s. Henry.
James Lambert, w. Sarah; s. Redmon; d. ‘Mary, Nancy, Sarah.
Daniel P. Snell, w. Annie; children.
Elizabeth Roberts, b. Benjamin.
William Isler, w. Nancy; s. Frederick; d. Eliza, Sarah, Hannah.
Jonathan Faircloth, h. Frederick Kinchen, Benjamin; sis. Mary Howell, Patsy Sebut; c. Thomas Howell, John Howell.
Thomas Phelps, h. Mary Horne; n. James Exum Phillips.
Neil Ards, w. Esther; children.
John Jones, s. Thomas, Arthur. Samuel; d. Mary; g.c. John, Mary.
Joseph Reeves, “wife”; s. Mills B., John, Abner; d. Patsy, Santhy, Anne, Frances, Peggy.
William Davis, d. Rachel Susan; s. Micajah, William, Thomas.
Jessie Trawick, w. Betsy; s. Shadrack, Frederick; d. Army, Tempy, Polly; h. Bancass.
Thomas Clayton, s. James, Thomas, Nelson, William, DeLamar.
David Duhart, d. Betsy; n. Daniel Sturgis, Robert Sturgis; n. Mrs. Rachel Williams, Mrs. Rebecca Pitts.
Allen Scarborough, w. Nancy; children.
Sutton Trulock, w. Mary; d. Jenny, Elizabeth, Sarah; s. James, Sutton.
Joseph Regan, w. Elizabeth; s. John Joseph, Spate.
Charles Haddock, d. Sarah Sutton, Mary Mills, Martha Haddock; s. William; g.s. Charles Mills; g.d. Dicy Edwards.
Raleigh Roebuck, w. Lydia; s. William, James, Harry, Julius; d. Tilpha Boatwright, Polly Mayo, Phoebe Wamble. Rachel Righy, Lydia Griffin.
James Roach, w. Elizabeth; s. Stephens, David, Greenberry, James, Spencer; d. Susannah, Elizabeth, Sally.
William B. Mcgehee, sis. Catherine Urgerhart; n. Martha Wilkerson, Mrs. Glenn, Harriet Harvey, Zilphia Wright, Sarah Anne Garner, Catherine Ansley; n. James Allen, William Allen, William Berry, John Urgerhart, John W. Allen; h. John Rawls, Ferney Gatlin, Marshall Keith, Lewis Wood, Mrs. John Rawls, Mrs. Robert Taylor, Mrs. Ferney Gatlin; n. John Allen.
George Kornegay, d. Margaret, Rebecca, Zilpha, Lettice, Sally, Rocky, Liza, Siville, Susannah; s. Bazzel, Daniel; g.c. Betsy, David, Fountain, Needham.
Richard Hainds, Friend, Daniel Cornwall.
Samuel McCombs, d. Mary Grice, Eliza Davidson; s. James, Matthew B., William Lounds.
David Fitzgerald, w. Sarah; s. Littleton David, John William; d. Christain, Polly, Patsy, Elmira.
Frederick Barber, w. Mary; s. Thomas, Jonathan, Frederick; d. Elefair, Mary Caroline; g.c. James William Thomas, Green McVay, Mary Francis, Stonewall, and Allison McVay.
Temperance May, s. Allen, John; d. Nancy, Tabitha, Tarissa; f. John Adams.
Ica Atkins, w. Mary; s. L. B., Ica, John; d. Grace Atkins, Sarah Phelps, Jane Mitchell. Mary Howell, Littis Matthews.
John Harvey, w. Elizabeth; children.
William Mays, w. Polly; s. James Jefferson; g.s. William Washington Stevens.
Edward Burch, Sr., w. Mary; adopted son. E. A. Burch, Jr.; kinsman, John Burch.
Jeremiah Gilstrap, w. Anne; s. Idolet; d. Elizabeth; Mary. Evelina.
Daniel Spann, w. Christian; s. Henry, James, Abram, John; d. Mary Jane, Rachel, Rebecca.
Moses Sutton, w. Sally; s. Warren, William; d. Louise.
Mary Bush, s. Abram, John, Sanders, Richard, William; d. Jane, Rachel, Rebecca.
Edwin Vickers, sis. Nelly Gardner; h. James Vickers, Joseph, Thomas, Nathaniel Mercer.
Thomas Smith, w. Jurushae; s. Henry, Thomas, Ned; d. Sarah Dawson; g.s. Thomas Smith.
James M. Taylor, w. Mary; m. Sarah Taylor; s. John J. Taylor, Nicholas, Edward; d. Caroline Ralls, Mary, Eliza, Julia Ann; s.l. John Ralls; d. Mariah.
Arthur Tooke, w. Mary; s. John, Henry; d. Mary Ann.
Jordan Anderson, w. Polly; s. John, Laurence, Robert, Henry, Thomas; d. Betsy, Polly.
Needham Stephens, w. Margaret; s. Korneagay, Henry Needham, William; d. Mourning Elizabeth, Susannah.
Allen Tooke, b. Arthur Sterling; sis. Mary; children of John Tooke and Joseph Tooke; h. Hannah Tooke.
Mary Jones, s. Hartford, Haas; g.c. Samuel, Francis, Lucy.
Daniel Regan, w. Mary; s. Joseph, Elias; d. Emily, Martha, Olive, Charlotte, Elizabeth Ann.
Bartlett Barber, w. Mary; b.l. John Farnell; n. Martha Mathias.
William Jelks, s. James O, William C.; d. Nancy; g.s. James Lee; g.d. Mary, Antoinett, Harriet Ivey.
John Crawford, w. Elizabeth; m. Cyntha; b. Silas, Zeke, William; sis. Cyntha Nancy.
John A. Trull, g.d. Mary Nancy Ferriby.
Abraham Wood, s. Martin, Matthew, Levi.
John Rozar, w. Marian; s. Shadric, Charley, Seaborn; d. Eady, Galley, Terrisey; s.l. Joseph Regan, Nimrod Philipps, Elias Ragan, Brincy Ferta, Charlie Ragan.
John Daniel, s. James, John, Moses; d. Nancy, Sarah, Saphronia, Mary; g.s. John and James Bishop; g.d. Rebicah; s.l. Simmien Bush, George Wilcox, Norman McDuffie.
James Bracewell, s. James, Duncan, Joseph, Thomas, Burwell.
Philipp Dillard, w. Elizabeth; s. Sampson, Nicholos, James; d. Maria, Elizar Ann, Rebecca, Sarah.
Needham Stevens, b.l. Benjamin Howell; n. William Needham Horn; b.l. Theophilus Sutton.
Job Thigpen, s. Joseph, James, Nelius, Lott, Lemuel, Ranold, John; d. Mary, Apna.
George Pitts, w. Caroline; b. Lunsford Pitts.
Nathan Maddox, w. Sarah; d. Sarah; step-sons James, Elisha.
Mary Bostick, d. Caroline; g.d. Martha Mary Bracewell; s.l. James N. Bracewell.
Sanders Coalson, w. Rebecca; s. Kindred B., Andrew J., William, Thomas, John, Paul and children; d. Winneford, Charity.
William Hendley, w. Milley; s. William, Horton; d. Saphronia, Sally, Elizabeth, Nancy, Jane, Milley, Mary, Martha.
Rebecca Coalson, n. Nathan Wamble; step-son Andrew Coalson; g.n. James and Mary Watson, Peggy Nelson, Nancy Bishop.
Simeon Bishop, w. Nancy.
Epps Wallace, w. Anne; d. Zilphia Anne.
Mary Thomas, s. Daniel J., Patrick; d. Jane, Mary, Lucinda, Elizabeth, Maria, Louisa; g.s. Herbert Thomas.
James Tripp, w. Penelope; s. Charles, John, James; d. Susan, Mary.
William Arthur, friend, Charles Walker.
James M. Sanders, grandmother, Penelope Bryan; adopted b. Calvin, Nathan, George; adopted s. Susan Bryan.
John J. Gatlin, w. Bertha; b. A. L. Gatlin.
Anthony B. C. Houghe, m. Emmie Houghe; b. Joseph, Urban, Alason, Walter, Edward; sis. Sarah, Harriett; n. Charles, Edward; n. Elizabeth, Francis, Jane, Bailey, Benesette; friend, Mrs. Maria Bill, Thomas Hough.
Jeremiah Brinson, w. Matilda; s. Paul, David, Kellam, William, Arnold, George; d. Sarah Jane, Louisa Washington.
James Dykes, w. Tabitha; s. Jacob, Floyd, Burnio; d. Nancy, Mary, Martha, Eliza.
Thomas Mcgriff, s. Thomas J., Patrick T., James; d. Polly Ann, Martha, Elizabeth, Jane, Alafair.
Nepsey Brown, s. Edmund; g.s. John; g.d. Mary Ann, Margaret.
Henry B. Hathaway, w. Hetty C. Hathaway.
Abraham Shiver, s. Burwell, Jefferson, Elijah, Jacob, Bonapart, George, Isaac, Daniel, Abraham; d. Milley, Catherine, Cansady; g.d. Hetty, Lewezer, Mentey; g.s. Jacob, William, Jackson Shiver.
William Hamilton, w. Elizabeth; s. Benjamin B., Bartlet, James M., William G., John J., Irwin B., Warren B.; d. Elizabeth Anne Harrel, Sarah Harel, Ashly B., Catherine.
Reuben Walden, w. Mary; s. Martin, Green; d. Ally Lee.
Margaret Jane Hayles, d. Emma Louisa; s.l. Needham W. Collier; g.d. Margaret Sarah Jemina; g.s. Lawson F.
Robert N. Adams, w. Rebecca; children.
Miles Harrell, w. Margarit; s. Henry, Robert, Rewben; s.l. Martin B. Everett.
Thomas D. Walker, wife and two children.
John W. Weeks, w. Ann; d. Elvania Virginia.
William S. Whitfield, w. Mary Antionet; s. James William; d. Mary Jelks, Susan Emily, Sarah Ann.
John Carruthers, s. John W., Richard C., Joseph, James L.; d. Delia Caroline L.; n. Susan Clayton.
John M. Booth, father; b. James.
Isaac Burkhalter, w. Mary Charlotte; s. Richard H., James; d. Jane Elizabeth, Sarah Howell, Arcada Ann, Martha Ann, Eliza Ann Augustus.
Henry Harrison, w. Mary I. F.; b. William N., Winder H., Allen I.
John Fleming, w. Malinda; s. John O, Duncan L., William, Count Pulaski,
Ferdinand, James; d. Catherine Williamson; g.d. Amanda M. Coney.
William M. Harrison, b. Winder, Allen; n. William, Henry; friend, Norman McDuffie.
Richard Deshazo, w. Mary; d. Susan, Eliza.
Stephen Mitchell, s. Stephen, Thomas, Richard, Isaac, Batts N., John V.; d. Eliza, Elizabeth.
John V. Mitchell, w. Jennett; s. John F:, James B., Stephen W., Zachary; d. Mary M., Sarah, Emma L., Elizabeth Lillis.
