Will of Hugh Laughlin

Hugh Laughlin named wife Mary, brother William and six daughters, owned a mill, and named no executor; John Laughlin proved the will.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Hugh Laughlin (printed HUGH LAUGHLIN)

Dated

24 February 1765

Proved

February 1765 court

Family named

Mary (wife); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary (daughter); Rebecca (daughter); Charrity (daughter); Joannah (daughter); Susanna (daughter); William Laughlin (brother)

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 5, page 674; Deed Book 5, page 790; Deed Book 6, page 317; Deed Book 6, page 318; Deed Book 8, page 342; Deed Book 9, page 161

Land

a Mill

Also named

John Laughlin (proved by the oath of)

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 39.
• 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).