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Orange County Indexed

Will of John (x) Hodge

Will Book D, page 320 · dated 3 November 1792 · proved August 1811

John Hodge named Agness, sons and grandchildren, gave conditional cash legacies, and appointed three executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John (x) Hodge (printed JOHN (x) HODGE)
Dated
3 November 1792
Proved
August 1811 court
Family named
Agness Hodge (wife); Agness (wife); Robert (son); Joseph (father of grandson John); George (son); Samuel (son); William (two grandsons); John (two grandsons)
Executors
Agness (wife); Robert (son)
Witnesses
Wm. Hodge; Jno. Herman
Money and goods
£ 10, when they come of age

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 320.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 47.
  • 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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