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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Luttrell

Will Book A, page 240 · dated 20 March 1775 · proved February 1782

John Luttrell named wife Susanna, unborn children and three brothers and described Mississippi lands; no executor was named.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Luttrell (printed JOHN LUTTRELL)
Dated
20 March 1775
Proved
February 1782 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Susanna (wife); Thomas (three brothers); Hugh (three brothers); William Luttrell (three brothers)
Witnesses
Jesse Benton; Thomas Farrar; Nath'l Henderson
Land
Lands purchased by Richard Henderson & Co. of the Cherokee Indians on the waters of the Mississippi
Places
Mississippi
Also named
Richard Henderson

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 240.
  • 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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