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Orange County Indexed

Will of Samuel (x) Stewart

Will Book E, page 145 · dated 2 June 1827 · proved August 1827

Samuel Stewart named his wife, unmarried daughter, four sons, and grandson and appointed Joseph Thompson and James Stewart executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Samuel (x) Stewart (printed SAMUEL (x) STEWART)
Dated
2 June 1827
Proved
August 1827 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); Samuel (son); James (son); Charles (son); John (son); James Stewart (son); Anna (daughter; unmarried); Samuel Stewart (grandson)
Executors
Joseph Thompson (friend); James Stewart (son)
Witnesses
Wm. J. Clendennin; Robert Thompson; Wm. Bradshaw

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 145.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 125.
  • 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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