By: Ruth S. Williams & Margarette G. Griffin, Pub. 1967, Reprinted 2023,184 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-600-0. Nash County was created in 1777 from Edgecomb County. It is located in the Northeastern portion of the state. This book is broken up in two sections. The first are the recorded wills 1778-1868 and the second section are the Unrecorded wills 1790-1922. Wills are a wonderful source of genealogical information due to the wide variety of persons mentioned within them.