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Orange County Indexed

Will of Archibald Lytle

Will Book B, page 280

Archibald Lytle left his property to his brother, with plantation use reserved for his stepmother and her children.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Archibald Lytle (printed ARCHIBALD LYTLE)
Dated
As printed: “Dated 2 November 3 o’clock A.M. no year”
Family named
William Lytle (my brother); Sarah Lytle (step-mother)
Witnesses
George Doherty; Jno. Hawkins
Land
plantation she lives on

Reading note: No year supplied; B-280 appears after B-282.

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 280.
  • 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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