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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Breeze

Will Book D, page 583 · dated 30 January 1819 · proved August 1820

John Breeze named Jenney and five daughters and appointed Richard Breeze and Abner Bruce executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Breeze (printed JOHN BREEZE)
Dated
30 January 1819
Proved
August 1820 court
Family named
Jenney Breeze (wife); Patsy Breeze (daughter); Rachel Breeze (daughter); Polly Breeze (daughter); Jinney Breeze (daughter); Susa Breeze (daughter)
Executors
Richard Breeze (friends); Abner Bruce (friends)
Witnesses
John McDade; A. B. Bruce; Patsy Breeze

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 583.
  • 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).
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