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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Troxler

Will Book E, page 101 · dated 29 October 1825 · proved February 1826

George Troxler named minor son John and married daughters and mentioned unnamed unmarried daughters; Briscoe Warren and Wm. Montgomery were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Troxler (printed GEORGE TROXLER)
Dated
29 October 1825
Proved
February 1826 court
Family named
John (son; under age); Adeline Warren (eldest daughter); Franky Rich (daughter); Briscoe Warren (husband of Adeline Warren); Henry Rich (husband of Franky Rich)
Executors
Briscoe Warren (son-in-law); Wm. Montgomery
Witnesses
D. Albright; B. Troxler

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 101.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 118.
  • 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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