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Orange County Indexed

Will of Charles Rountree

Will Book D, page 467 · dated 29 December 1815 · proved February 1816

Charles Rountree named Nancy and unnamed children and appointed brothers Thomas and Joseph Rountree executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Charles Rountree (printed CHARLES ROUNTREE)
Dated
29 December 1815
Proved
February 1816 court
Family named
Nancy (wife); Thomas Rountree (brother); Joseph Rountree (brother)
Executors
Thomas Rountree (brother); Joseph Rountree (brother)
Witness
Jno. Rountree

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 467.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 69.
  • 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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