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Orange County Indexed

Agreement: Jesse (x) Beckum to William Robinson

Will Book D, page 109 · dated 15 July 1803 · proved August 1803

James Robinson’s heirs agreed a land distribution to William Robinson; Jesse Beckum and three Robertsons signed.

Kind of paper
Agreement
Made by
Jesse (x) Beckum
Dated
15 July 1803
Proved
August 1803 court
To
William Robinson
Witnesses
J. Cook; Augustine Willis; Jacob Mosier ?
Land
land on Little Creek
Also named
JAMES ROBINSON (dec’d; estate); Elisha Robinson; James Robinson

Reading note: Robinson in estate and beneficiaries; Robertson among signatures. Jacob Mosier ? uncertain as printed.

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 D, page 109.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 18.
  • 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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