Orange County Indexed
Will of John Miles
Will Book A, page 119 · dated 6 May 1769
John Miles named wife Mary and four sons; Charles Smith and Christopher Smith were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Miles (printed JOHN MILES)
- Dated
- 6 May 1769
- Proved
- Date not given
- Family named
- Mary (Wife); Charles (son); Thomas (son); John (son); William (youngest son)
- Executors
- Charles Smith; Christopher Smith
- Witnesses
- Charley Smith; Christopher Smith (Proved by)
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 119.
- 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).
