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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Lewis

Will Book D, page 539 · dated 18 March 1818 · proved August 1818

William Lewis named Agnes, sons Charles and Parsons, and only daughter Franky; Agnes Lewis was executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Lewis (printed WILLIAM LEWIS)
Dated
18 March 1818
Proved
August 1818 court
Family named
Agnes (wife); Agnes Lewis (wife); Charles Lewis (son); Parsons Lewis (son); Franky Lewis (only daughter)
Executor
Agnes Lewis (wife)
Witnesses
James Nutt; Pomphrett Gooch

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 539.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 83.
  • 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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