I received this from Trigg county mailing list as you can see and thought somebody might be interested. Billy Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: <EVILSIZER3@aol.com> To: <KYTRIGG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 6:40 PM Subject: [KYTRIGG] Trigg Co,-Bertie Co, NC Ancestors > For those of you who have ancestors coming to Trigg Co through Northa > Carolina. I will do look ups on CD509-North Carolina Wills. This CD has the > following books: > North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900 > by Thornton W. Mitchell > An index to more than 75,000 persons who died and left wills in North > Carolina between 1655 and 1900, this volume represents one of the single most > important finding-aids in North Carolina genealogy. Organized by surname, > you'll find name of testator, county in which the individual's will was > proved, date of probate, book and page number where you'll find a copy of the > will, and location of the original will. The author also provides a concise > history of the probate records of all 107 North Carolina counties. Within the > history he details the date of the county's formation, the territory from > which it was formed, the dates wills were first filed and recorded, the > various record book designations, the status of the records, and the location > of the original, recorded and copied wills. > · North Carolina Wills And Inventories > by J. Bryan Grimes > A critical source on North Carolina's pre-Revolutionary War families, here > you'll find the full text of 200 wills and 50 inventories. This includes the > period of time when the recording of wills was the responsibility of North > Carolina's counties. The records not only provide detailed assessments of an > individual's material possessions they also note family members, friends, and > relationships. > · Abstract Of North Carolina Wills, 1663-1760 > Compiled from wills found in the Office of the Secretary of State of North > Carolina, the abstracts collected here reference approximately 20,000 names. > Alphabetically arranged according to the name of the testator, the abstracts > usually provide the following information: date of will administration, place > of residence, names of plantations mentioned, page number and will book in > which you'll find a copy of the original record, and names of family members, > witnesses, and probate officers. > · An Abstract of North Carolina Wills from About 1760 to About 1800, > Supplementing Grimes' Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663-1760 > Arranged alphabetically by county and by surname, this volume supplements a > 1906 work by J. Bryan Grimes containing abstracts of the State Wills. The > State Wills were those recorded during the period between 1663 and 1760, when > it was required that wills be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. > After 1760 wills were recorded at the county level. This comprehensive volume > covers abstracts of wills from 1760 to 1800 from the entire state of North > Carolina. Generally, you'll find the following information: name of testator, > dates of will, and names of family members. > >