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Orange County Indexed

Will of Culbirth Burton

Will Book D, page 601 · dated 28 May 1821 · proved August 1821

Culbirth Burton named Christian and four sons and appointed Christian, Williamson and John executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Culbirth Burton (printed CULBIRTH BURTON)
Dated
28 May 1821
Proved
August 1821 court
Family named
Christian Burton (wife); Christian (wife); John (son); Williamson (son); William (son); Samuel (son; youngest)
Executors
Christian (wife); Williamson (son); John (son)
Witnesses
John Link; Elizabeth Horner; John Burton; Henry Bunch

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 601.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 95.
  • 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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