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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Hardin

Will Book D, page 235 · dated 24 October 1807 · proved August 1808

John Hardin named his wife, son and four youngest daughters; no executor was named.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Hardin (printed JOHN HARDIN)
Dated
24 October 1807
Proved
August 1808 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Sarah (wife); John (son); Polley (four youngest daughters); Sally (four youngest daughters); Betsy (four youngest daughters); Peggy (four youngest daughters)
Witnesses
Jean Holt; Wm. Holt

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 235.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 37.
  • 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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