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Orange County Indexed

Bond: Jno. Ray

Will Book A, page 341 · dated 3 March 1785

Jno. Ray and Roswell Huntington bonded Francis Nash, aged thirteen, as a silver- and goldsmith apprentice.

Kind of paper
Bond
Made by
Jno. Ray, Chairman of Orange County, N.C. County Court
Dated
3 March 1785
Witness
J. Benton (C.C.)
Also named
FRANCIS NASH (apprenticed to Roswell Huntington; age 13 years old); Archer Grisham (Signatures to Indenture)

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 341.
  • 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).
  • 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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