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Orange County Indexed

Will of Frederick Loyd

Will Book D, page 142 · dated 19 March 1804 · proved November 1804

Frederick Loyd named wife Mary Loyd and son Lacey Loyd; Thomas Brewer and Lacey Loyd were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Frederick Loyd (printed FREDERICK LOYD)
Dated
19 March 1804
Proved
November 1804 court
Family named
Mary Loyd (wife); Lacey Loyd (son)
Executors
Thomas Brewer (well beloved friend); Lacey Loyd (well beloved friend)
Witnesses
Sackfield Brewer; Elizabeth (x) Brewer

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 142.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 23.
  • 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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