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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Coble

Will Book D, pages 432–434 · dated 30 March 1815 · proved May 1815

George Coble named Catherine, four sons and two daughters and appointed Catherine and Isaac Patterson executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Coble (printed GEORGE COBLE)
Dated
30 March 1815
Proved
May 1815 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Catherine (wife); John (son); David (son); Peter (son); William (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary (daughter)
Executors
Catherine (Wife); Isaac Patterson (friend)
Witnesses
Levin Wood; M.G.Clay

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, pages 432–434.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 63.
  • 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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