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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Clark (Rock)

Will Book E, page 192 · dated 23 June 1829 · proved August 1829

William Clark named daughter Nancy Clark and appointed friend James Clancy executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Clark (Rock) (printed WILLIAM (x) CLARK (ROCK))
Dated
23 June 1829
Proved
August 1829 court
Family named
Nancy Clark (daughter)
Executor
James Clancy (friend)
Witnesses
James Webb; Henry Yarborough

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 192.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 133.
  • 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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