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Orange County Indexed

Will of Mary (x) Hall

Will Book E, page 157 · dated 10 April 1827 · proved May 1828

Mary Hall provided for her mother, two brothers, and friend Sarah Pyle, who received a saddle and fly wheel.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Mary (x) Hall (printed MARY (x) HALL)
Dated
10 April 1827
Proved
May 1828 court
Family named
Anderson Hall (brother); Junah Hall (brother)
Also left something
Sarah Pyle (friend)
Witnesses
Jehu Hall; William Hall
Money and goods
side saddle and one fly wheel

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 157.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 128.
  • 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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