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Orange County Indexed

Will of Robert (x) Milliken

Will Book D, page 390 · dated 29 September 1813 · proved November 1813

Robert Milliken left land and mill to Jane and plantation interests to Robert and William after her death, naming other sons.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Robert (x) Milliken (printed ROBERT (x) MILLIKEN)
Dated
29 September 1813
Proved
November 1813 court
Family named
Jane (wife); John (son); Charles (son); Jesse (son); Robert (son); William (son); Haberson (son)
Executors
Jane (wife); Robert (son); William (son)
Witnesses
Joel Strong; Wm. Moore
Land
land and mill; plantation

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 390.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 57.
  • 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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