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Orange County Indexed

Will of Ann (x) Boyle

Will Book D, page 484 · dated 24 February 1816 · proved May 1816

Ann Boyle left most of her estate to daughter Mary and named other descendants; Mary was executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Ann (x) Boyle (printed ANN (x) BOYLE)
Dated
24 February 1816
Proved
May 1816 court
In the court minutes
Family named
John Boyle (son); Jane Denning (daughter); Mary Boyle (daughter); Ann Boyle (granddaughter); Martha Boyle (granddaughter)
Executor
Mary Boyle (daughter)
Witnesses
Caleb Wilson; James Boyle
Money and goods
$5

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 484.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 72.
  • 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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