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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Flintoff

Will Book E, page 125 · dated 8 August 1826 · proved November 1826

William Flintoff left goods to his daughter and two sons and appointed his wife Mary and William Robson executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Flintoff (printed WILLIAM FLINTOFF)
Dated
8 August 1826
Proved
November 1826 court
Family named
Mary Flintoff (wife); Mary (wife); William R. Flintoff (son; at lawful age); John T. Flintoff (son; at lawful age); Jane Flintoff (daughter)
Executors
Mary (wife); William Robson
Witnesses
John Blackwood; William Hinchey
Money and goods
clock of Library; my watch; my desk and six volumes of books

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 125.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 122.
  • 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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