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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Fogleman

Will Book A, page 323 · dated 18 March 1785 · proved May 1785

George Fogleman named wife Catherine, four sons, unmarried daughter Eve and unnamed daughters; Malachi Fogleman and Adam Starr were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Fogleman (printed GEORGE FOGLEMAN)
Dated
18 March 1785
Proved
May 1785 court
Family named
Catherine (wife); Henry (son); George (son); John (son); Peter (son); Eve (daughter; unmarried)
Executors
Malachi Fogleman; Adam Starr
Witnesses
Adam Smith; Peter Hume (?)
Deeds that cite this paper
Deed Book 10, page 380

Reading note: Witness Peter Hume (?) uncertain.

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 323.
  • 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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