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Orange County Indexed

Will of Garrett Garrison

Will Book E, page 186 · dated 5 May 1819 · proved May 1829

Garrett Garrison named three daughters and four sons and appointed sons Levi and George executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Garrett Garrison (printed GARRETT GARRISON)
Dated
5 May 1819
Proved
May 1829 court
Family named
Levi Garrison (son); John Garrison (son); George (son); Jehu (son); Levi (son); Mary (daughter); Rebecca (daughter); Eleanor Garrison (daughter)
Executors
Levi (son); George (son)
Witnesses
William Bribkley; Henry Hurdle
Money and goods
$5; 5 shillings

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 186.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 132.
  • 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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