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Orange County Indexed

Will proved: Stephen Tatom, William Tatom, Fowler Jones

26 May 1789 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

Will of Stephen Tatom, proved by William Tatom.

Kind of business
Will proved
Court
May 1789 term, 26 May 1789
People
Places
Granville
Other dates
4th Monday of August next

Reading note: Probate was incomplete; the will had not yet been admitted to record.

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

  • Minute book 4, page 202
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1789 term
  • 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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