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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Newton

Will Book D, page 34 · dated 19 February 1801 · proved May 1801

George Newton named his wife, children and granddaughter, provided schooling, and appointed his wife and two sons executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Newton (printed GEORGE NEWTON)
Dated
19 February 1801
Proved
May 1801 court
Family named
Mary (wife); Henry (two sons); George Newton (two sons); Lette Newton (my children); William Newton (my children); James Newton (my children); Henry Newton (my children); Isaac Newton (my children); George Newton (my children); Robert Newton (my children); Sarah Newton (my children); John Newton (my children); Elizabeth Newton (grandchild, daughter of Lette)
Executors
Mary (wife); Henry (two sons); George Newton (two sons)
Witnesses
James Latta (Jr.); Henry Newton

Reading note: Marker D 34 out of sequence as printed; executor surname printed once after George.

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 34.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 5.
  • 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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