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Abstracts of Granville County Wills 1707 to 1760Filed with the Secretary of State
Anderson, George
. 6 Jul 1757: 7 Mar 1758. Wife/Executrix: Mary. Daughter: Eave Anderson. Brother: William Anderson. Nephew: George Anderson, son of William. Heirs: Elizabeth and John Underwood. Executor: Osborne Jefreys. Wit: James Braezar, William Anderson, Thomas Smith.Croker, Anthony
. 28 Jul 1754: 3 Sept 1754. Son, Thomas, the plantation whereon I now live on Sandy Creek. Son, Arter, the plantation he now lives on. Son, Jacob. Executors: Arter and Jacob Croker (sons). Wit: James White, Edward Thomas, John Brantly.Eaton, William
of St. John's Parish. 19 Feb 1759: 20 Mar 1759. Son, William, lands in Dinwiddie and Brunswick Counties, Virginia, except the land received of William Scoggan. Sons: Thomas and Charles Rust. Daughters: Jane, wife of Colo. Nathaniel Edwards; Anne Haynes, relict of Andrew Haynes; Mary, wife of Robert Jones; Sarah, wife of Charles Johnson; Elizabeth, wife of Daniel Weldon; Martha Eaton. Grandson: Eaton Haynes. Wife/Executrix: Mary. Wit: Wm Person, Jas Paine, Richd Coleman.Johnston, Gabriel, Governor of North Carolina
. 16 May 1751: 4 Apr 1753. Wife, Frances, plantation called Possum Quarter in Granville County; plantation called Conahoe in Tyrrell County and plantation in Bertie County on Salmon Creek. Daughter: Penelope Johnston. Nephews: Samuel and John Johnston, Henry Johnston (now at school at Newhaven in the Collony of Connecticut). Sister: Elizabeth Smear of the County of Fife in Great Britain. Executors: Johnston and William Cathcart. Wit: Andrew Leake, Samuel Ormes, Thomas Whitmell.Lynch, John
. 31 Aug 1753: 7 Mar 1758. Daughters: Elizabeth and Nelly, the plantation whereon I now live. Wife: Elizabeth. Executors: James Jenkins (son-in-law) and Robert Baker. Wit: Thomas Parker, John Blakeney, William Frohock.Thornton, John
. 10 Nov 1754: 2 Sept 1755. Wife/Executrix: Sarah (three negroes). Son: Francis, lands in Granville. Daughter: Mary Thornton (lands in Virginia and Northampton County). Executor: Robert Jones Jr. Wit: William Person, Mary Jordan, William Lankford.Court Minutes of Granville County
Images of Loose (unrecorded) Wills 1749 to 1771
- Anderson, George
- Arendell, Richard
- Bell, Thomas
- Benson, Thomas
- Bledsoe, Abraham
- Bradford, Richard
- Bridger, William
- Bullock, David
- Cooper, Benjamin
- Daniel, John
- Draughton, Robert
- Elwick, Darwin
- Fowler, Richard
- Goodloe, John
- Griggs, Minor
- Hargrave, Richard
- Harris, Sherwood
- Hicks, Absalom
- Hightower, Joshua
- Holmes, Frederick
- Howard, Alexander
- Hunt, Henry
- Jones, Edward
- Jordan, George Sr.
- Jordin, Sarah
- Langston, Solomon
- Linsey, Dennis
- McMillan, Alexander
- Mershaw, John
- Miers, Mathias
- Mitchell, Robert
- Moore, William
- Moss, William
- Olliver, William
- Parlic, Benjamin
- Patterson, Francis
- Person, Mary
- Phipps, Isaiah
- Priddey, Robert
- Priddy, Robert
- Rieves, William
- Robeson, George
- Rose, William
- Shearon, Joseph
- Smith, John
- Spivey, Littleton
- Taylor, Philip
- Veazey, Edward
- Wallace, John
- White, Richard Sr.
- Williams, Daniel
- Williams, Thomas
- Wilson, Ebenezer
- Winston, Isaac
- Wood, John
- Wright, Joseph
Granville County was formed in 1746 from Edgecombe County. It was named after John Carteret, the second Earl Granville, who was one an heir to one of the eight original Lord Proprietors of North Carolina and who claimed 1/8th of the land granted by the Charter of 1665. The claim was established as consisting of approximately the northern half of North Carolina and this territory was known as the Granville District, or Oxford. During 1752, parts of Granville, Bladen and Johnston Counties were combined to form Orange County. In 1764 the eastern part of Granville became Bute County, and in 1881 when parts of the eastern part of Granville County became Bute County, parts of Granville, Franklin and Warren Counties were combined to form Vance County.