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Orange County Indexed

Will of John (x) Anderson

Will Book D, page 169 · dated 15 February 1806 · proved May 1806

John Anderson named wife Lettice, daughters Mary, Pheby, and Ann, and sons Robert and John; both sons were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John (x) Anderson (printed JOHN (x) ANDERSON)
Dated
15 February 1806
Proved
May 1806 court
Family named
Lettice (wife); Robert (son); John (son); Mary (daughter); Pheby (daughter); Ann (daughter)
Executors
Robert (son); John (son)
Witnesses
Thos. Armstrong; Robert Anderson; Wm. Anderson

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 169.
  • 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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