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Orange County Indexed

Will of David (x) Dunn

Will Book D, page 256 · dated 31 August 1809 · proved November 1809

David Dunn divided his property equally between sister Nancy Love and brother Drury Dunn.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
David (x) Dunn (printed DAVID (x) DUNN)
Dated
31 August 1809
Proved
November 1809 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Nancy Love (sister); Drury Dunn (brother)
Witnesses
Isaac Hudson; Nathaniel Dunn

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 256.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 40.
  • 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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