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Orange County Indexed

Will proved: William Forrest, Edward Grisham, Isaac Forrestt

24 August 1778 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Will of William Forrest, proved by Edward Grisham, Jun., & Isaac Forrestt.

Kind of business
Will proved
Court
August 1778 term, 24 August 1778
People
In the will books

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Folio and page 23-47½
  • Published abstract: Alma Cheek Redden, Abstracts of the Minutes of the Inferior Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions of Orange County, N.C., 1777–1788, page 21 (Orange County Public Library, NC 929.375 HAU)
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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