-------- Original Message -------- Subject: {not a subscriber} Franklin County wills Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:42:12 -0700 From: Rees <reesd@prodigy.net> To: NCFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Note to Julie, There are several published abstracts of the early Franklin County wills and estates as recorded in the will books of the 1700s and early 1800s--that is, several published volumes. The abstracts are by Dr. Stephen Bradley. I'm looking at the index to his abstracts of Will Book A (1785-1797) and there are several mentions of people named Bridges or Bridgers. The first names are Daniel, Molley, Thomas, John, Joseph, Josiah, Lewis and William. And that's just Will Book A. These were not testators (persons who left wills) but heirs, buyers at estate sales, owners of land adjoining land in some other person's estate, etc.) According to the Mitchell statewide will index, the only Bridger, Bridgers, Bridges, Bridgess, Brigers testators in Franklin County were Benjamin (1822),  Delany (1852), William B. (1833), Joseph (1805), and Josiah (1841). There are around 65 in all the North Carolina counties, but those are the only ones in Franklin County through 1900. Franceine Rees >From: "Julie" <backster@mediaone.net> >To: NCFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <003001bff46d$d12c0980$1af3a318@ce.mediaone.net> >Subject: FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC - WILLS lookup >Content-Type: text/plain > >Hi all, > >Does anyone have the FRANKLIN COUNTY, NC - WILLS book and is willing to do >a lookup for me?  I am looking for any Bridges.  If there are a lot, >please let me know and I will tie it down to a certain name. > >thanks, > >julie > >--------------------------------