Orange County NC - WILLS - Rice Surname mentioned in Wills File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ms. Louise Overton ------------------------------------------------------------------- Wills for RICE in Orange Co. N.C...or mention of RICE Will Book A Page 262 Written 19 Jan 1783 Proved Nov Court 1783 John (x) RICE wife: Catrin dau: Hannah TOWEL son-in-law Jesse TOWEL grandsons: John and Henry TOWEL Exe: son-in-law Jesse TOWEL, and nephew John MURRY Wit: James THOMSON, John MARDUK, and Prudence MARDUK ******************************************************************** Will Book D Page 111 Proved 1798 Jesse RICE This will is in the N.C. Archives...I do not have the abstract ******************************************************************** Will Book A Page 259 Written 1 July 1783 Proved November Court 1783 John DEBOW, Minister of the Gospel sons: Solomon and Stephen both under age if wife dies I desire Jacob LAKE to be guardian to my minor children Exe: Liney DEBOW, Mr Jacob LAKE Wit: William TATE, John HODGE, Joel RICE, and Joseph BAKER ************************************************************************ Do not know why this is listed in a will book, should have been in deeds. Will Book B Page 130 Bond: dated 1 Sept 1789 Proved May Court 1791 John RICE of Davidson Co. NC and Jesse BENTON of Orange Co. NC bound unto Robinson MUMFORD of Orange Co. NC. Eleven hundred pounds. John RICE purchased 15,000 acres of land situate on the "Western Waters from Robinson MUMFORD. Wit: James MUMFORD and John UMSTEAD *********************************************************************** Will Book A Page 124 written 20 August 1769 No probate date Edmund HARDIN wife Mary Estate to be divided between wife and three children, and "unborn child" Exe: wife Mary HARDIN and Thomas CATE Wit: John BASKETT, Jonathan HARDIN, and Moses RICE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation.