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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Wilkinson

Will Book D, page 451 · dated 1 October 1815 · proved November 1815

William Wilkinson left his estate to Ann and appointed Ann and David Wilkinson executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Wilkinson (printed WILLIAM WILKINSON)
Dated
1 October 1815
Proved
November 1815 court
Family named
Ann (wife)
Executors
Ann (wife); David Wilkinson
Witnesses
Samuel McCracken; John Plummet

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 451.
  • 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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