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Orange County Indexed

Will of Frederick Mosier

Will Book D, page 3 · dated 22 July 1799 · proved May 1800

Frederick Mosier named seven sons and five daughters and appointed his son Phillip and son-in-law Peter Sharpe executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Frederick Mosier (printed FREDERICK MOSIER)
Dated
22 July 1799
Proved
May 1800 court
A second reading
Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as Frederick Moser and the date as 17 April 1796. Check the will book to settle it.
Family named
John (son); Frederick (son); Jacob (son); Michael (son); Abraham (son); Phillip (son); Nicholas (son); Caty Kimbro (daughter); Barbara Huffman (daughter); Lizy Sharp (daughter); Eve Sharp (daughter); Magdalene Bulcher (daughter); Peter Sharpe (son-in-law)
Executors
Phillip (son); Peter Sharpe (son-in-law)
Witness
Richard Cochran

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 3.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
  • 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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