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Orange County Indexed

Bond: Alexander Mebane

Will Book A, page 369 · dated 24 November 1784

Alexander Mebane and John McVinch bonded John Riley, aged two, to serve McVinch until twenty-one.

Kind of paper
Bond
Made by
Alexander Mebane, for County Court
Dated
24 November 1784
Witness
A. Tatom
Also named
JOHN RILEY (as a servant, until he becomes 21 yrs old; age 2 yrs)

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 369.
  • 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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