Are there any Raper's mentioned in the Wills. Thanks Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: <EVILSIZER3@aol.com> To: <NCPERQUI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 5:59 PM Subject: [NCPERQUI] CD509 NC Wills > I wanted to let everyone know what was on this CD, so the dates will be known > for the wills. I will do look ups for the list from this CD > 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. > >