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Orange County Indexed

Will of Mary Ann Currie

Will Book A, page 11 · dated 20 September 1759 · proved November 1759

Mary Ann Currie named sons John and James and daughters Margaret and Mary; her sons were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Mary Ann Currie (printed MARY ANN CURRIE)
Dated
20 September 1759
Proved
November 1759 court
Family named
John (son); James (son); Margaret (daughter); Mary (daughter)
Executors
John (son); James (son)
Witness
Edward Nash

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book A, page 11.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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