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Orange County Indexed

Will of Arthur Mangum

Will Book B, page 100 · dated 24 November 1789

Arthur Mangum named his wife and children.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Arthur Mangum (printed ARTHUR MANGUM)
Dated
24 November 1789
Proved
Date not given
Family named
Lucy (wife); William Mangum (son); Arthur Mangum (son); Sally Bobitt (daughter); Clarey (daughter); Chaney (daughter); Holley (daughter)
Executors
John Carrington (trusty friends); Wm. Mangum (trusty friends; junior)
Land
land adjoining John Mize's and James Bobbitt's and William Mangum's
Also named
John Mize (adjoining landowner); James Bobbitt (adjoining landowner); William Mangum (adjoining landowner)

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 B, page 100.
  • 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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