The images below are pages from the book by Thornton W. Mitchell titled,
North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900. Corrected and Revised Edition, In One Volume. Published by the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., in 1992 and in 1996. Apparently the original edition, published in 1987 was in two volumes. Here is the title page:
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| Title Page, North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1996 |
Here is a
page at Google Books for the 1987 edition. If you wish to use the book you will have to either purchase a copy or find one in a library or some other institution devoted to genealogy. There does not appear to be a free digital version available online. Counties in North Carolina are identified by numbers, and there are a few pages of abbreviations that must be consulted if the entries are to be of any use. Therefore, anyone wishing to use this book, which does appear to be a comprehensive account of North Carolina wills, would be best advised to acquire a copy of it. It is available from the publisher (
Genealogical Publishing Company) both in
print copy and an
e-book edition.
See this page at the publisher's website which includes a limited preview. [Disclaimer: I do not receive any compensation for purchases through the Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., or any other book seller]. I would also suggest using this website's Search box with "North Carolina Wills." You will find a few more books on wills in North Carolina, including some with abstracts.
There are two pages which list testators named Brewer. Below are images of page 58, with Brewer beginning at the bottom of the right side column, and of page 59, with Brewer at the top of the left side column. You can download the images by selecting it, a new tab will open, and then right clicking and choosing, Select Image As.
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| North Carolina Wills, p. 58 |
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| North Carolina Wills, p. 59 |
Page 58 also includes numerous persons named Bray, a name which I've noticed as being associated with a few Brewer families in North Carolina.
The most common abbreviation you see here is
AR, and that refers to the original will (or copy of original) being found in the North Carolina State Archives at Raleigh.
CTY indicates that the original (or copy) is in the custody of the county clerk of the superior court.
SS/AR refers to the secretary of state loose wills in the State Archives.
There are too many county codes here for me to go through them all, but of those that are most common, 022 is Chatham County and 073 is Orange County.
I
do not have a complete copy of the book (these images were provided to me by someone else), so I am
unable to do any "look ups."
BGB 595
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