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Orange County Indexed

Will of Sarah Morgan

Will Book E, page 152 · dated 9 July 1827 · proved November 1827

Sarah Morgan left her estate after debts to six grandchildren and appointed son James A. Morgan guardian and executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Sarah Morgan (printed SARAH MORGAN)
Dated
9 July 1827
Proved
November 1827 court
Family named
James A. Morgan (son); Thomas Morgan (grandchild); Hardy Morgan (grandchild); Sally Morgan (grandchild); Lemuel Morgan (grandchild); James Ruffin Morgan (grandchild); Mary Emeline Morgan (grandchild)
Executor
James A. Morgan (son)
Guardian
James A. Morgan (son)

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 152.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 127.
  • 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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