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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas (x) Smith

Will Book C, page 124 · dated 28 October 1798 · proved November 1798

Thomas Smith named his wife and four children and appointed Alexander Boling executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas (x) Smith (printed THOMAS (x) SMITH)
Dated
28 October 1798
Proved
November 1798 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Sarah (wife); Abraham (son); Elizabeth (3 daughters); Mary (3 daughters); Hannah (3 daughters)
Executor
Alexander Boling
Witnesses
Thos. Reding; John Whitaker

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 124.
  • 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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