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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Logan

Will Book B, page 42 · dated 22 August 1787

William Logan named wife Agnes, son John, daughter Elizabeth and grandson William; John Hart Senior and James Hart were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Logan (printed WILLIAM (x) LOGAN)
Dated
22 August 1787
Proved
Date not given
A second reading
Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as August 1788. Check the will book to settle it.
In the court minutes
Family named
Agnes (Wife); John Logan (son); Elizabeth (daughter); William Logan (grandson)
Executors
John Hart, Senior; James Hart
Witnesses
William Hart; John Hart Jr.
Deeds that cite this paper
Deed Book 5, page 675

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 42.
  • 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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