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Orange County Indexed

Will of Mary (x) McMunn

Will Book D, page 573 · dated 15 July 1811 · proved February 1820

Mary McMunn named granddaughter Ann and appointed daughter Sarah executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Mary (x) McMunn (printed MARY (x) McMUNN)
Dated
15 July 1811
Proved
February 1820 court
Family named
Sarah (daughter); Ann (granddaughter)
Executor
Sarah (daughter)
Witnesses
Alexander Findley; James Smith

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 573.
  • 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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