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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas (x) Hulgan

Will Book C, page 19 · dated 24 July 1794 · proved August 1794

Thomas Hulgan named his wife, two sons and three daughters and appointed his wife and two others executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas (x) Hulgan (printed THOMAS (x) HULGAN)
Dated
24 July 1794
Proved
August 1794 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Fanny (wife); Robert (son); Stephen (son); Margaret Neely (daughter); Rosannah (daughter); Mary (daughter)
Executors
Fanny (wife); William Ray; John Ray
Witnesses
Samuel Mebane; Steward Dickson

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 19.
  • 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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