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Orange County Indexed

Will of John (x) Shaddy

Will Book D, page 331 · dated 24 February 1809 · proved February 1812

John Shaddy named Elizabeth and children, owned a mill, and appointed Michael Holt and Jacob Shaddy executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John (x) Shaddy (printed JOHN (x) SHADDY)
Dated
24 February 1809
Proved
February 1812 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); John Shaddy (All my children); Jacob Shaddy (All my children); Molly (All my children); Caty (All my children); Rachel (All my children); John Coble (husband of daughter); George A. Fogleman (husband of daughter); George Fogleman (husband of daughter); Henry Steel (husband of daughter)
Executors
Michael Holt (friend); Jacob Shaddy (my son)
Witness
Frederic Kinney
Land
a mill

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 331.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 49.
  • 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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