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Orange County Indexed

Will of Hannah Shugart

Will Book D, page 449 · dated 24 June 1811 · proved August 1815

Hannah Shugart named three sons and daughter Rachel, who was sole executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Hannah Shugart (printed HANNAH SHUGART)
Dated
24 June 1811
Proved
August 1815 court
Family named
William (son); Isaac (son); Nathan (son); Rachel Shugart (daughter); Rachel (daughter)
Executor
Rachel (daughter)
Witnesses
Thomas Newlin; Nathaniel Newlin
Money and goods
1 shilling each

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 449.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 66.
  • 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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