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Orange County Indexed

Will of James (x) Pyle

Will Book D, page 562 · dated 13 March 1819 · proved May 1819

James Pyle named Elizabeth and Sally, mentioned unnamed children, and appointed Elizabeth and son William executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James (x) Pyle (printed JAMES (x) PYLE)
Dated
13 March 1819
Proved
May 1819 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); William (son); Sally (daughter)
Executors
Elizabeth (wife); William (son)
Witnesses
Wm. Hatchett; James Hicks; John Hicks

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 562.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 87.
  • 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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