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Orange County Indexed

Will of Frederick (x) Nall

Will Book A, page 79 · dated 7 March 1768 · proved April 1768

Frederick Nall named wife Martelenor Nall as beneficiary and executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Frederick (x) Nall (printed FREDERICK (x) NALL)
Dated
7 March 1768
Proved
April 1768 court
Family named
Martelenor Nall (wife)
Witnesses
John Watson; John Campbell; Peter Wolf; .. ?.. Bavin

Reading note: Last witness given name illegible in abstract: .. ?.. Bavin.

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 79.
  • 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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