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Orange County Indexed

Will of James (x) Miliken

Will Book D, page 167 · dated 9 September 1805 · proved February 1806

James Miliken named wife Rachel and sons James, Elias, and George; wife Rachel and Jesse Miliken were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James (x) Miliken (printed JAMES (x) MILIKEN)
Dated
9 September 1805
Proved
February 1806 court
Family named
Rachel (wife); James (son; eldest); Elias (son); George (son; youngest)
Executors
Rachel (wife); Jesse Miliken
Witnesses
William Moore; William Robertson

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 167.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 27.
  • 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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