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Orange County Indexed

Will of Henry Shutt

Will Book D, page 312 · dated 22 April 1811 · proved May 1811

Henry Shutt named Elizabeth and unnamed minor children; Elizabeth and Thomas Ruffin were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Henry Shutt (printed HENRY SHUTT), of the town of Hillsborough
Dated
22 April 1811
Proved
May 1811 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife)
Executors
Elizabeth (wife); Thomas Ruffin
Witnesses
J. Webb; J. Taylor

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 312.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 46.
  • 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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