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Orange County Indexed

Will of Elizabeth F. (x) Sawyer

Will Book D, page 592 · dated 23 September 1820 · proved February 1821

Elizabeth Sawyer left her estate to sister Mary C. Sawyer and appointed uncle John Campbell executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Elizabeth F. (x) Sawyer (printed ELIZABETH F. (x) SAWYER)
Dated
23 September 1820
Proved
February 1821 court
Family named
Mary C. Sawyer (sister)
Executor
John Campbell (friend and Uncle)
Witnesses
E. Turner; John Landers

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 592.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 93.
  • 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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