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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Gobel (Coble ?)

Will Book B, page 257 · dated 15 January 1774 · proved November 1793

George Gobel named sons Henry and David.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Gobel (Coble ?) (printed GEORGE GOBEL (COBLE ?))
Dated
15 January 1774
Proved
November 1793 court
A second reading
Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as George Goble. Check the will book to settle it.
Family named
Henry (son); David (son)
Witnesses
George Cortner; Solomon Ly..?..; Simeon Anderson

Reading note: Source questions surname and witness Solomon Ly..?..

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 257.
  • 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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