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Orange County Indexed

Will of Hardy Morgan

Will Book C, page 98 · dated 22 April 1797 · proved May 1797

Hardy Morgan named his wife and two sons and appointed his wife and John Daniel executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Hardy Morgan (printed HARDY MORGAN)
Dated
22 April 1797
Proved
May 1797 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Sarah (wife); Samuel (son); Allen (son)
Executors
Sarah (wife); John Daniel
Witnesses
John Daniel; C.P.Patterson

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 98.
  • 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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