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Orange County Indexed

Will of Nathaniel Carter

Will Book E, page 13 · dated 7 February 1822 · proved May 1822

Nathaniel Carter named six sons and daughter Rebecca and appointed Enoch and John Newlin executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Nathaniel Carter (printed NATHANIEL CARTER)
Dated
7 February 1822
Proved
May 1822 court
Family named
Enoch (son); William (son); Henry (son); Brice (son); Nathaniel (son); Joshua (son); Rebecca (daughter)
Executors
Enoch (son); John Newlin
Witness
Elizabeth Rinstaff

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 13.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 100.
  • 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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