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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Boyle

Will Book D, page 443 · dated 3 April 1815 · proved August 1815

John Boyle named Elizabeth, son Hugh and five married daughters and appointed Elizabeth sole executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Boyle (printed JOHN BOYLE)
Dated
3 April 1815
Proved
August 1815 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); Hugh Boyle (son); Rachel (my three married daughters); Lavinia (my three married daughters); Elizabeth (my three married daughters); Ann (two married daughters); Martha (two married daughters)
Executor
Elizabeth (wife)
Witnesses
George Garrison; Jas. Boyle; Mary (x) Moor
Land
land on Obine River in West Tennessee
Places
Obine River; West Tennessee

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 443.
  • 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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