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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Faucett

Will Book E, page 141 · dated 21 January 1827 · proved May 1827

George Faucett named his wife, son Ray, daughter Nancy, and an unnamed daughter and appointed three executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Faucett (printed GEORGE FAUCETT)
Dated
21 January 1827
Proved
May 1827 court
Family named
Martha (wife); Ray (son); Nancy (daughter); Edward (brother)
Executors
Edward (brother); Samuel Tate Sr.; Wm. Murray
Witnesses
Willis Sellars; Sam'l Crawford

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 141.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 124.
  • 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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