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Prior to 1760 most wills were probated by the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the county. The original wills and accompanying estate papers were supposed to be sent to the secretary of state for filing, regardless of where the will was probated. Some counties did not send their records in. | Prior to 1760 most wills were probated by the County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in the county. The original wills and accompanying estate papers were supposed to be sent to the secretary of state for filing, regardless of where the will was probated. Some counties did not send their records in. | ||
Most of the original wills and papers | Most of the original wills and papers for the period 1663 to 1790; however, are at the North Carolina State Archives. Digital images of the original wills, arranged alphabetically by name of testator, are available on their website. Some users may have difficulty retrieving these records, the following instructions should help: | ||
*North Carolina. ''Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina)''. ''Wills and Estate Papers (North Carolina), 1663–1789''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988–1989. (On 7 Family History Library films beginning {{FHL|1605076}} item 22.) | #Visit [http://mars.archives.ncdcr.gov/CallNumberSearch.aspx '''Manuscript and Archives Reference System (Mars)'''] (North Carolina State Archives catalog) | ||
#Search, with the setting set as '''"A Mars Id matching," '''for the series '''12.96''' | |||
#Click '''Records of Probate: Wills''' | |||
#In the pop-up window, follow the link '''Show List of Child Records''' | |||
#This will bring up links to '''28 boxes '''of the original wills. Box 1 begins with "A" surnames. Box 28 concludes with "Z" surnames. | |||
#To view online images of the original wills, click on a '''box''', in the resulting pop-up window, click '''Show List of Child Records''' | |||
#Browse the list of wills. When you find a will of interest, click on the person's name and a pop-up window will allow you to ''at last '''''View Document''' (it may be necessary to install free software to view the images) | |||
These records are alternatively available on microfilm through FamilySearch: | |||
*North Carolina. ''Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina)''. ''Wills and Estate Papers (North Carolina), 1663–1789''. Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988–1989. (On 7 Family History Library films beginning {{FHL|1605076}} item 22.) | |||
Published abstracts and transcripts of some of these early wills can be found in the following two books: | Published abstracts and transcripts of some of these early wills can be found in the following two books: | ||