Orange County Indexed
Will of Edward Carrigan
Will Book A, page 261 · dated 12 October 1782 · proved November 1783
Edward Carrigan named pregnant wife Margaret, brothers John and James and brother-in-law John Paul; his brothers were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Edward Carrigan (printed EDWARD CARRIGAN)
- Dated
- 12 October 1782
- Proved
- November 1783 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Margaret (wife; is pregnant); John (brother); James (brother); John Paul (brother in law)
- Executors
- John (brother); James (brother)
- Witnesses
- John Carragan; James Carragan
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 261.
- 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).
