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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Scott

Will Book D, page 271 · dated 17 May 1810 · proved November 1810

William Scott named Mary, four sons and four daughters and appointed James Hutcheson and James Mc adam executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Scott (printed WILLIAM (x) SCOTT)
Dated
17 May 1810
Proved
November 1810 court
Family named
Mary Scott (wife); John (son); William Mitchell Scott (son); Alexander (son); Thomas (son); Jennet (daughter); Faney (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary (daughter)
Executors
James Hutcheson; James Mc adam
Witness
Samuel Crawford

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 271.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 42.
  • 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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