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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Robertson

Will Book D, page 243 · dated 10 October 1804 · proved February 1809

Thomas Robertson named his wife Susannah and son Abijah Ray; Susannah was executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Robertson (printed THOMAS ROBERTSON)
Dated
10 October 1804
Proved
February 1809 court
Family named
Susannah (wife); Abijah Ray (son)
Executor
Susannah (wife)
Witnesses
John Clendennin; James (x) Daniels

Reading note: Probate term questioned on page.

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 243.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 38.
  • 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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