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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Boyle

Will Book D, page 441 · dated 20 July 1813 · proved August 1815

William Boyle named Ann, children and grandson Henry, directing James to care for John; James and Ann were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Boyle (printed WILLIAM (x) BOYLE)
Dated
20 July 1813
Proved
August 1815 court
Family named
Ann (wife); John Boyle (youngest son); James Boyle (son); Mary Boyle (daughter); Jean Denning (daughter); Henry Boyle (grandson)
Executors
James Boyle (son); Ann (wife)
Witnesses
John Boyle; James Boyle; Jas. Boyle

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 441.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 65.
  • 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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