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Orange County Indexed

Original wills not recorded in the will books

19 wills and papers, in the order of the book.

Original wills and papers in the State Archives of North Carolina that were never copied into the Orange County will books, as Shields found them.

All will books

Two mice reading back to back against a leaf, with the hand-lettered words Friends of the Orange County Public Library
Illustration by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell, gifted to the Friends 2026