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Orange County Indexed

Will of Samuel Caruthers

Will Book D, page 565 · dated 22 November 1819 · proved November 1819

Samuel Caruthers named Sary, two sons and unnamed daughters; sons John and William were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Samuel Caruthers (printed SAMUEL CARUTHERS)
Dated
22 November 1819
Proved
November 1819 court
Family named
Sary (wife); John Caruthers (son); William Caruthers (son); John (son); William (son)
Executors
John (son); William (son)
Witnesses
William Brown; Levi Andrews

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 565.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 88.
  • 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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