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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Reeves

Will Book D, page 605 · dated 30 May 1821 · proved August 1821

George Reeves named four sons and two daughters; John Reeves and George Reeves were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Reeves (printed GEORGE REEVES)
Dated
30 May 1821
Proved
August 1821 court
Family named
John (son); George (son); James (son); Frederick Reeves (son); Sarah Durham (daughter); Nancy Baldwin (daughter)
Executors
John Reeves; George Reeves
Witnesses
William Brown; James Bishop; John Brown

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 605.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 96.
  • 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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