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Orange County Indexed

Will of Isaac McCadams

Will Book E, page 162 · dated 17 March 1828 · proved August 1828

Isaac McCadams named his wife, son, and three daughters and appointed son-in-law Moses Whitsett executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Isaac McCadams (printed ISAAC McCADAMS)
Dated
17 March 1828
Proved
August 1828 court
Family named
Peggy (wife); Wiley (son); Jane (daughter; youngest, under age); Rebeckah (daughter); Fanny Long (daughter, wife of William Long; oldest); William Long; Moses Whitsett (son-in-law)
Executor
Moses Whitsett (son-in-law)
Witness
John Trolinger

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 162.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 129.
  • 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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