Abstract of North Carolina Wills: Compiled from Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of State

By: J. Bryan Grimes, Pub. 1910, Reprinted 2017, 500 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-575-8.

Compiled from original and recorded Wills in the Office of Secretary of State. Arranged alphabetically by the name of the testator, this work covers 1663-1760. The abstracts give the name of the testator, his residence, and the names of wife, children, legatees, witness, and probate officer. The index has approximately 20,000 names, and an appendix gives the reference to where each will is loctaed.