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Orange County Indexed

Will of Elizabeth Sharp

Will Book C, page 111 · dated 19 November 1799 · proved February 1800

Elizabeth Sharp left her estate to her daughter Elizabeth and appointed her sole executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Elizabeth Sharp (printed ELIZABETH SHARP), of the Town of Hillsboro, N.C.
Dated
19 November 1799
Proved
February 1800 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Elizabeth (daughter)
Executor
Elizabeth (daughter)
Witnesses
I or J Casey; Catlett Campbell; James Yarborough

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 C, page 111.
  • 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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