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Orange County Indexed

Will of Solomon Debow

Will Book A, page 74

Solomon Debow named six daughters, directed schooling for four, and appointed wife Hannah and son John Debow executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Solomon Debow (printed SOLOMON DEBOW)
Family named
Hannah (daughter; unmarried); Jane (daughter; unmarried); Ann (daughter; to have reasonable schooling); Mary (daughter; to have reasonable schooling); Sarah (daughter; to have reasonable schooling); Elizabeth (daughter; to have reasonable schooling)
Executors
Hannah (wife); John Debow (son)
Witnesses
John Pearson; Rachel (x) Gold; I?. V.Hook

Reading note: Continuation from PDF page 19; only continuation content recorded here. Witness printed I?. V.Hook.

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 74.
  • 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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