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Orange County Indexed

Will of Frederick Reed

Will Book D, page 606 · dated 20 October 1821 · proved November 1821

Frederick Reed named Penny and legatee William Anderson, who was executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Frederick Reed (printed FREDERICK REED)
Dated
20 October 1821
Proved
November 1821 court
Family named
Penny Reed (wife)
Also left something
William Anderson (no relationship stated)
Executor
William Anderson
Witnesses
Redding George; Sampson Moore

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 606.
  • 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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