Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A TESTATOR INDEX, 1665-1900 THORNTON W. MITCHELL VOL. I A-J Raleigh, North Carolina 1987 Page 1 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills 034--Dobbs County Formed 1758 from the eastern portion of Johnston County. It was abolished in 1791 when Glasgow (Greene) and Lenoir counties were formed. Lenoir County succeeded to the records of Dobbs County. and they were destroyed when the Lenoir County courthouse burned in 1878 and 1880. The wills cited as from Dobbs County are from the secretary of state willS or certified copies filed in another county. 035--Duplin County Formed 1750 from New Hanover County. Recording of wills in separate will books began in 1830. The record book containing wills for the period 1835-1845 is missing. although approximately 50 original wills for that period have survived. At a later date. surviving unrecorded wills proved before 1830 and filed in the clerk's office were entered in a record book identified as will Book A. These generally include wills proved before the county court between about 1760 and 1830. although a few wills probated later than 1830 were included. Some very ear1y wills (1750-1766) were recorded in early registers which remained in Sampson County when it was created from Duplin in 1784; these record books are now identified as Sampson County Deed Books 1. 2. and 3 and are so noted in entries for Duplin County. O36--Durham County Formed 1881 from Orange and Wake Counties. Recording of wills began immediately. and there has been no significant loss of records. As of April 1. 1986, all original wills were in the custody of the Durham County clerk of superior court. 037--Edgecombe County Formed 1741 from Bertie County. Recording of wills began in 1760. The original wills for 1884 and 1885 are missing: with this exception. there has been no significant loss of records in the county. Most of the wills that were not recorded (as indicated by "Orig. On1y" in the "Recorded Copy” column) were not accepted by the county court and thus were never probated. 038--Forsyth County Formed 1849 from Stokes County. There has been no significant loss of either recorded or original wills of the county. Many of the wills proved in Stokes County before 1849 were for testators who lived in that portion of the county that became Forsyth. 039--Frank1in County Formed 1779 from Bute County. Although recording of wills appears to have started with formation of the county. neither the registered copy nor the original will. in many instances. show the probate date. Until 1868 wills were recorded with other estate documents such as inventories. reports of sale. and division of real and persona] property in registers that are now identified as will books. Will Books 0 and P were relabeled "Record of Accounts" after they were copied; the originals of these two volumes are in the State Archives in the estates classification of records of the county. Will Book P contains no wills; there is no Will Book T. Although there has been no significant loss of records of the county. some of the original wills are missing. Page 2 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills 040--Gaston County Formed 1846 from Lincoln County. A courthouse fire in December. 1874. resulted in the destruction of some records. The will books appear to be complete. but some of the early original wills are missing. 041--Gates County Formed 1779 from Chowan. Hartford. and Perquimans counties. Recording of wills began immediately. and there has been no significant loss of either recorded or original wills of the county. 042--Glasgow County Formed 1791 from Dobbs County. Name changed to Greene County in 1799. No records of Glasgow County are known to have survived. 043--Graham County Formed 1872 from Cherokee County. Recording of wills appears to have started about 1886. but virtually none of the original wills survived. 044--Granville County Formed 1746 from Edgecombe County. Surviving will record books date from 1772. although original wills that were probated at an earlier date indicate that they were recorded. After 1772 there has been no significant loss of either recorded or original wills of the county. As of June 1, 1985, all original wills were in the custody of the Granville County clerk of superior court. Page 3 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills Name Co. Date Recorded Copy Original ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryan, Riddick 071 1888 WB-7/24 AR Bryan, Rigdon 035 1793 WB-A/ll AR Bryan, Robert 047 1774 063 WB-1/444 Bryan, Robert B. 104 1890 WB-6/379 AR Bryan, Rosa 037 1850 Orig. Only AR Bryan, Samuel 056 1807 WB-1/195 AR Bryan, Samuel 085 c1798 WB-D/121 AR Bryan, Sarah 028 1796 WB-B/12 AR Bryan, Shadrach 004 1883 WB-A/60 AR Bryan, Simon 010 1753 SS 878/207 SS/AR Bryan, Smith 037 1811 WB-E/14 AR Bryan, Susan 037 1858 WB-G/156 AR Bryan, Susanna 022 1897 WB-F/48 AR Bryan, Susanna 087 1865 WB-2/88 AR Bryan, Thomas 010 1789 WB-D/98 AR Bryan, Thomas 011 c1786 WB-1/456 Bryan, Thomas 011 1767 DB-36/303 Bryan, Thomas 028 1760 Orig. Only AR Bryan, Thomas 037 1785 WB-C/16 AR Bryan, Thomas 071 1794 WB-2/44 AR Bryan, Thomas 072 c1779 RW/L10 AR Bryan, Thomas 104 1863 WB-5/353 Bryan, Thomas N c1760 Orig. Only SS/AR Bryan, Ursilla 017 1891 WB-B/201 AR Bryan, W. R., Sr. 045 1893 WB-1/274 AR Bryan, Wealthy 057 1855 WB-B/227 AR Bryan, Wilie 071 1895 WB-7/289 AR Bryan, William 012 1833 WB-B/163 AR Bryan, William 012 c1867 WB-B/22 AR Bryan, William 028 1811 WB-C/31 AR Bryan, William 028 1747 SS 877/27 SS/AR Bryan, William 028 1791 WB-A/242 AR Bryan, William 028 1771 Orig. Only AR Bryan, William 037 1797 WB-D/33 AR Bryan, William 056 1821 WB-l/439 AR Bryan, William 056 c1780 Orig. Only AR Bryan, William 071 1770 WB-1/187 Bryan, William 085 c1780 WB-B/36 AR Bryan, William LA 1846 Copy 071 AR Bryan, William A. 071 1892 WB-7/159 AR Bryan, William C. 074 1879 103 WB-2/160 103 AR Bryan, William C. 074 1879 WB-1/55 AR Bryan, William G. 028 1888 WB-E/467 AR Bryan, William P. 079 c1872 Orig. Only AR Bryan, William S. 010 c1858 WB-H/108 AR Bryan, Zeporah 063 c1792 WB-1/204 Bryant, Arthur 103 1811 RD-1/337 AR Bryant, Beneter 070 1852 WB-C/540 AR Page 4 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills Name Co. Date Recorded Copy Original ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryant, Benjamin 072 c1823 WB-A/3 AR Bryant, Berry 082 1900 WB-7/53 AR Bryant, Clarky 071 1793 WB-2/24 AR-Nunc. Bryant, Elizabeth 005 1894 WB-D/351 AR Bryant, Eveline 032 1891 WB-4/111 AR 168 Page 5 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills Name Co. Date Recorded Copy Original ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryant, Evin 037 1810 WB-E/l AR Bryant, Faithey 037 1804 WB-D/210 AR Bryant, can; 037 1793 WB-C/240 AR Bryant, George A. 106 1881 WB-2/156 Bryant, H. N. 076 1894 WB-A1/177 CTY Bryant, Harriet 065 1900 WB-N/376 AR Bryant, Henry T. 035 1897 WB-4/506 AR Bryant, Jacob 035 1828 WB-A/34 AR Bryant, Jacob 083 1871 WB-3/31 AR Bryant, James 010 1734 Orig. Only SS/AR Bryant, James S. 047 1894 WB-7/136 AR Bryant, Jesse 010 1775 WB-B/42 AR Bryant, John 030 1803 WB-2/222 Bryant, John 037 1735 LGB-4/#4 SS/AR Bryant, John 071 1788 WB-1/382 AR Bryant, John 081 1791 WB-1/107 Bryant, John B. 099 1888 WB-B/256 AR Bryant, Joseph 063 1898 WB-4/221 AR Bryant, Mary McLean 100 1858 WB-49/169 AR Bryant, Miles 051 1900 WB-C/567 AR Bryant, Nedom 047 1785 WB-3/89 AR Bryant, Nicho1as 019 1766 RB-A/22 AR Bryant, Obediah 022 1800 WB-A/31 Bryant, Peter 092 1804 WB-3/64 AR Bryant, Ransom A. 089 1875 WB-2/27 AR Bryant, Richard 071 1855 WB-5/136 AR Bryant, Robert 056 c1760 WB-1/767 AR Bryant, Remand 044 1843 WB-15/485 CTY Bryant, Ruffin L. 099 1865 RB-33/482 AR Bryant, Samue1 069 c1791 WB-1/236 AR Bryant, Susan 069 1865 WB-1/593 AR Bryant, Thomas 069 c1848 WB-1/531 AR Bryant, Thomas 096 1860 WB-3/59 AR Bryant, William 011 1855 WB-1/246 Bryant, William 037 1763 WB-A/114 AR Bryant, William 037 1761 WB-A/77 AR Bryant, William 037 1749 Orig. Only SS/AR Bryant, William 047 1762 WB-1/79 Bryant, William 056 1789 WB-1/18 AR Bryant, William 059 1826 WB-1/340 AR Bryant, William 071 1785 WB-1/350 AR Bryant, William B. 069 1861 WB-1/571 AR Bryant, William J. 069 1872 WB-1/616 AR Bryant, William S. 037 1887 WB-H/100 AR Bryce, (Brice), Maggie 065 1899 WB-N/236 AR Bryce, Marie L. 065 1900 RIB-W326 AR Bryce, Peter AL 1892 028 WB-F/432 Bryer, Benjamin 010 1789 024 WB-A/224 024 AR Page 6 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills Name Co. Date Recorded Copy Original ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bryson, A. S. 061 1900 Copy 049 AR Bryson, A. S. 061 1900 WB-2/267 AR Bryson, Andrew 055 1884 WB-A/66 Bryson, Ann J. 065 1864 WB-J/186 AR Bryson, Daniel G. 055 1900 WB-A/182 169 Page 7 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK ** Library, NC, Granville, Testator Wills ###### # # ##### ####### # # ##### ####### # # # # ## ## # # # ## # # # # # ## ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # # # #### ##### # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ## ### # # # # # # ###### # # ##### ####### # # ### ##### ####### # # Transcribed from original documents by Brent R. Brian & Martha M. Brian. This document and others can be found on our website: BMGEN We claim COPYLEFT on the documents that we publish that are our original work. COPYLEFT “rules” can be reviewed on the web site: GNU Free Documentation License In short, use what you like. But if you use our stuff, mention us as the source. Brent R. Brian Martha M. Brian BrianMitchellGenealogy@gmail.com Page 8 of 8 ** PAGE BREAK **