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Orange County Indexed

Will of Jacob Huggins

Will Book D, page 395 · dated 7 October 1809 · proved November 1813

Jacob Huggins divided his estate equally between Mary and son Jacob and appointed John Campbell and Aaron Walker executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Jacob Huggins (printed JACOB HUGGINS)
Dated
7 October 1809
Proved
November 1813 court
Family named
Mary (wife); Jacob Huggins (son)
Executors
John Campbell (worthy friends); Aaron Walker (worthy friends)
Witnesses
Jno. Campbell; Jas. Campbell; Joseph Hodge

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 395.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 58.
  • 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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