Orange County Indexed
Will of John (x) Copley, Sr.
Will Book D, page 581 · dated 30 June 1820 · proved August 1820
John Copley named Sarah, son Iley and daughter Jiney; Sarah and Moses McCown were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John (x) Copley, Sr. (printed JOHN (x) COPLEY, SR.)
- Dated
- 30 June 1820
- Proved
- August 1820 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); Iley Copley (son); Jiney Copley (daughter)
- Executors
- Sarah (wife); Moses McCown
- Witnesses
- John Redman, Jr.; Aquilla Roades
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 581.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 91.
- 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).
