These North Carolina wills and inventories were copied from original records of wills and inventories in the office of the secretary of state. The wills reflect the varied phrases of domestic life in the colony. The text of any will may include: the will and death dates, the name of the deceased, names of family members, items bequeathed, names of beneficiaries, name of executrix/executor, names of witnesses and type of burial requested. Presented in alphabetical order, the wills span the eighteenth century. Fewer inventories than wills are published, but enough of these fascinating records are given to throw a strong side light on economic conditions in the colony at the time the inventories were compiled. The estate inventories list all kinds of property, such as livestock, furniture, books, cookware, flatware, glassware, linens, parcels of land, tools, slaves, clothes, appliances, etc. Presented in alphabetical order, the inventories are dated from the seventeenth to the eighteenth centuries. These wills and inventories will give readers an accurate illustration of industrial and social life in the colony of North Carolina, and will furnish an invaluable source of information about North Carolina's history an economic conditions prior to the Revolution.

North Carolina Wills and Inventories

History

Grimes, J. Bryan

Americas

Heritage Books

<p>These will abstracts cover the years 1663-1780 and a few later wills. The work is arranged alphabetically by the name of the testator, giving name, place of residence, names of wife, children, legatees, witnesses and probate officers, names of plantations, and noteworthy passages in the wills. Nearly 20,000 persons are mentioned; includes an index.</p>

Abstract of North Carolina Wills [16363-1760]: Compiled from Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of States

Clearfield

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North Carolina Wills And Inventories

Reference

Genealogy

Clearfield Co.

At the time this work was originally published, Mr. Grimes, the author/compiler, was the Secretary of State of North Carolina, and, in these pages, published for the first time some of the most interesting wills and inventories that had been filed or recorded in the office of the Secretary of State up until the Revolution. These wills and inventories give an accurate illustration of industrial and social life in the colony of North Carolina during the 17th and 18th centuries, and furnish students of our history an invaluable source of information about economic conditions prior to the Revolution. In selecting the wills for printing, Mr. Grimes intended to choose those that reflected most clearly the varied phases of domestic life of the colony, with a strong inference on the economic conditions in the colony at the time the inventories were made. There are approximately 200 wills and 50 inventories included, and an index that contains approximately 800 individuals. The information contained in each can vary, but often include death dates; the names of the deceased, family members, beneficiaries, executors, and witnesses; and real or personal property bequeathed. The wills and inventories are arranged alphabetically. Paperback, (1912), repr. 2011, Index, 586 pp.

North Carolina Wills and Inventories Copied from Original and Recorded Wills and Inventories in the Office of the Secretary of State

Genealogical Publishing Company

BiblioLife

Janaway Publishing, Inc.

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