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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Thomas

Will Book D, page 550 · dated 10 April 1818 · proved November 1818

John Thomas named Elizabeth and an unnamed worthy friend as executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Thomas (printed JOHN THOMAS)
Dated
10 April 1818
Proved
November 1818 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife)
Witnesses
Alexander Morphis; Micajah Thomas

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 550.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 85.
  • 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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