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Orange County Indexed

Will of Samuel Dickie

Will Book D, page 122 · dated 8 January 1804 · proved February 1804

Samuel Dickie named wife Cathren, sons and daughters; sons Samuel and William Dicky were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Samuel Dickie (printed SAMUEL DICKIE)
Dated
8 January 1804
Proved
February 1804 court
Family named
Cathren (wife); James Dicky (son); Samuel Dickey (son); William Dickey (son); Samuel (son); William Dicky (son); Rachel Burd (daughter); Hannah Linch (daughter); Hester ? Cantrill (daughter); Susannah Linch (daughter)
Executors
Samuel (son); William Dicky (son)
Witnesses
Sam'l Ector; Savana (x) Garison (her mark)
Land
Samuel Dickey and William Dickey land in Caswell County

Reading note: Signed DICKIE, but spelled two other ways; variants retained. Hester ? Cantrill uncertain as printed. Shared surname not expanded.

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 122.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 20.
  • 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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