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Orange County Indexed

Will of Samuel (x) McMullen

Will Book D, page 64 · dated 24 February 1802 · proved February 1802

Samuel McMullen provided for his wife and eleven children, distributed cash legacies, and appointed his unnamed wife and son James executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Samuel (x) McMullen (printed SAMUEL (x) McMULLEN)
Dated
24 February 1802
Proved
February 1802 court
Family named
John (son); Samuel (son); Thomas (son); James (son); Sarah (daughter); Margaret (daughter); Mary (daughter); Jane (daughter); Rachel (daughter); Ann (daughter); Rebecca (daughter)
Executor
James (son)
Witnesses
Jesse Towel; John Towel
Money and goods
$20; $1 each

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 64.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 9.
  • 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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