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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of Richard (x) Marcum

Will Book E, page 205 · dated 20 August 1829 · proved November 1829

Richard Marcum left forty dollars to son Willis in a codicil made the same day.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
Richard (x) Marcum (printed RICHARD (x) MARCUM)
Dated
20 August 1829
Proved
November 1829 court
Family named
Willis (son)
Money and goods
$40

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 205.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 135.
  • 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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