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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Wilson

Will Book E, pages 188–190 · dated 22 November 1828 · proved August 1829

Thomas Wilson named his wife, children, and three Latta grandsons and appointed sons Anderson and Caleb executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Wilson (printed THOMAS WILSON)
Dated
22 November 1828
Proved
August 1829 court
Family named
Jane (wife); Anderson (son); Caleb (son); Charles (son); Robert (son); Nancy (daughter); Fanny (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter, wife of Solomon Latta); Jackson Latta (grandson); Asahel M. Latta (grandson); Caleb H. Latta (grandson); Solomon Latta
Executors
Anderson (son); Caleb (son)
Witnesses
James Holeman; Richard Holeman

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, pages 188–190.
  • 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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