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Orange County Indexed

Will of James (x) Haygood

Will Book A, page 83 · dated 20 February 1768 · proved July 1768

James Haygood provided for his wife, four sons and daughter Rebecca; his wife and William Partin were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James (x) Haygood (printed JAMES (x) HAYGOOD)
Dated
20 February 1768
Proved
July 1768 court
Family named
George (son); Benjamin (son); James (son); William (son); Rebecca (daughter)
Executor
William Partin
Witnesses
Philip Gee; George (x) Haygood; William (x) Partin

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 83.
  • 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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