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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Bracken

Will Book E, page 10 · dated 30 January 1822 · proved February 1822

John Bracken named Nancy, daughter Julia Ann and brother Joseph; Joseph and Caleb Wilson were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Bracken (printed JOHN BRACKEN)
Dated
30 January 1822
Proved
February 1822 court
Family named
Nancy (wife); Julia Ann (daughter); Joseph (brother)
Executors
Joseph (brother); Caleb Wilson
Witnesses
James Blackwell; Wm. Ector

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 E, page 10.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 99.
  • 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
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