North Carolina Probate Records: Difference between revisions

*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/statewide/grimes/grimeswills.html Abstract of North Carolina Wills Compiled from Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of State, John Bryan Grimes]. ''Also at:'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=f6I4AAAAIAAJ Google Books]

*[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/19594-north-carolina-wills-and-inventories-copied-from-original-and-recorded-wills-and-inventories-in-the-office-of-the-secretary-of-state?offset=1 North Carolina wills and inventories copied from original and recorded wills and inventories in the office of the secretary of state] by J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, at FamilySearch Digital Library. ''Also at:'' [https://archive.org/details/northcarolinawil00nort Internet Archive].

*Grimes, John Bryan. ''Abstract of North Carolina Wills (1690–1760) Compiled from Original and Recorded Wills in the Office of the Secretary of State''. Raleigh, N.C.: E.M. Uzzell & Co., State Printers and Binders, 1910. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|182130|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6 P2gr 1967, Fiche 6046876 (set of 8)}}; {{FHL|731511|item|disp=FHL Book book 975.6 P2gr 2000}}; digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=f6I4AAAAIAAJ Google Books], [http://www.archive.org/details/abstractofnorthc01nort Internet Archive], [https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13766 Eastern North Carolina Digital Library]. This book contains approximately 2,600 wills taken from both original and recorded wills. The index includes all the names that appear in the wills. There are some abstracting errors, so you should examine the original will. The index also lists names of plantations.<br><br>

*Grimes, John Bryan. ''North Carolina Wills and Inventories Copied from the Original Recorded Wills and Inventories in the Office of the Secretary of State''. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Company, Printers and Binders, 1912. 1967 reprint: {{FHL|182122|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6 P2g 1967, Film 459632 item 1, Fiche 6051125}}; digital versions at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/19594-north-carolina-wills-and-inventories-copied-from-original-and-recorded-wills-and-inventories-in-the-office-of-the-secretary-of-state FamilySearch Digital Library], [http://www.archive.org/details/northcarolinawil00nort Internet Archive], [https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/13767 Eastern North Carolina Digital Library]. This book is an incomplete listing of wills. It contains transcripts of 203 wills and 47 inventories recorded from 1665 through 1790. The purpose of this publication was to show examples of what personal items were in possession of early North Carolina families. There is an index to testators, inventories, plantations, slaves’ names, land, and other subjects. The index lists those who made the wills but does not list those persons mentioned in the wills.

*Olds, Fred A. ''An Abstract of North Carolina Wills from about 1760 to about 1800: Supplementing Grimes’ Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 1663 to 1760''. Oxford, N.C.: The Orphan's Friend, 1925. Online at {{FHL|239949|item|disp=FHL Film 496782 item 3}} at FamilySearch; index and images. ''Also at:'' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/10168/ Ancestry] ($); indexed. 1983 reprint: {{FHL|240692|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6 P28o}}. No index; wills are listed by county.