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Orange County Indexed

Will of Grizzel McCallister

Will Book C, page 2 · dated 20 January 1794 · proved May 1794

Grizzel McCallister named nine heirs and appointed David Allison sole executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Grizzel McCallister (printed GRIZZEL McCALLISTER)
Dated
20 January 1794
Proved
May 1794 court
Family named
John Allison (son); Mary Clark (daughter)
Also left something
David Allison; Margaret Allison; Grizzle Thompson; Jane Allison; James Donaldson; Elizabeth Allison; Sarah Allison
Executor
David Allison
Witnesses
James Mordah; Elizabeth Allison

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 2.
  • 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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