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Orange County Indexed

Will of Robert (x) Anderson

Will Book D, page 572 · dated 8 December 1818 · proved February 1820

Robert Anderson named Nancy, daughters and sons and appointed William Maris and Alexander executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Robert (x) Anderson (printed ROBERT (x) ANDERSON)
Dated
8 December 1818
Proved
February 1820 court
Family named
Nancy (wife); Robert (son); Alexander (son); William (son; he is married); Charity (daughter; she is married); Mary (daughter)
Executors
William Maris (friend); Alexander (son)
Witnesses
John Anderson; Wiatt Hickman

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 572.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 89.
  • 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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