Wills & Estate Records
January 24th, 2010
A will is a written and legal expression of the individual’s instructions regarding his property a the time of his death. The will usually describes the estate and often gives the names and relationships of heirs or beneficiaries. — FamilySearch Research Wiki
- Wake County Estate Files, 1662-1917 – growing database at FamilySearch.org. Currently includes A & B surnames.
- Look at the index for the book “Wake County, North Carolina Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Settlements of Estates: 1771-1802” published in 1984 by Frances Holloway Wynne. Also includes a slave index. If you see a will that you are more interested in, look for this book at a local library or contact me for a lookup. – View Index
- List of wills submitted to the NCGenWeb Archives — there are more than 100 wills listed!
