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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Loy

Will Book C, page 157 · dated 18 October 1799 · proved November 1799

George Loy provided for his wife and ten children and appointed his unnamed wife and son John executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Loy (printed GEORGE LOY)
Dated
18 October 1799
Proved
November 1799 court
In the court minutes
Family named
John (son); Jacob (son); George (son); Henry (son); William (son); Sally (daughter); Elizabeth Moser (daughter); Caty Albright (daughter); Margaret Clapp (daughter); Rachel Albright (daughter)
Executor
John (son)
Witnesses
Michael Holt; John Loy

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 157.
  • 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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