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Receipt: Robert Ray

Will Book B, page 109 · dated 31 December 1789

Robert Ray Junior and John Ray acknowledged receiving their full shares of their father’s real estate.

Kind of paper
Receipt
Made by
Robert Ray (printed ROBERT RAY)
Dated
31 December 1789
Family named
Robert Ray (father; Senior)
Witnesses
Joseph Clendenning; Thomas Holgan

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 109.
  • 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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