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Orange County Indexed

Will of David Anderson

Will Book E, page 10 · dated 10 August 1813 · proved February 1822

David Anderson named Joseph and three daughters and appointed daughters Martha and Elizabeth and James Lapslie executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
David Anderson (printed DAVID ANDERSON)
Dated
10 August 1813
Proved
February 1822 court
Family named
Joseph (son); Hannah Hill (daughter); Martha Anderson (daughter); Elizabeth Anderson (daughter); Martha (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
Executors
Martha (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); James Lapslie
Witnesses
Thomas Armstrong; Robert Mitchell

Reading note: Written year questioned on page.

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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