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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Jamison

Will Book B, page 222 · dated 13 March 1792 · proved February 1793

William Jamison named his wife, three daughters and four sons and appointed Sterling Harris executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Jamison (printed WILLIAM (x) JAMISON)
Dated
13 March 1792
Proved
February 1793 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Rachel (wife); John (son); Ellis (son); Thomas (son); William (son); Rachel Jamison (daughter); Mary Parks (daughter); Margaret Lindsey (daughter)
Executor
Sterling Harris (friend)
Witnesses
Theopilus Thompson; Sterling Harris

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 222.
  • 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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