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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Andrew

Will Book E, page 120 · dated 26 May 1826 · proved August 1826

William Andrew provided for his wife, children, and grandchildren and appointed Isaac and Nathaniel Newlin executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Andrew (printed WILLIAM ANDREW)
Dated
26 May 1826
Proved
August 1826 court
Family named
Hannah (wife); Isaac (son); John Andrew (son); Henry (sons and daughters); Sarah (sons and daughters); John (sons and daughters); Robert (sons and daughters); Samuel (sons and daughters); William (sons and daughters); James (sons and daughters); Aaron (sons and daughters); Hannah (sons and daughters); Olive Newlin (granddaughter); William Andrew (grandson son of John Andrew); Nathaniel Newlin (son-in-law)
Executors
Isaac (son); Nathaniel Newlin (son-in-law)
Witnesses
Joseph Marshill; Thomas Thompson
Land
west end of land joining Joseph Thompson's.
Also named
Joseph Thompson

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 120.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 121.
  • 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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