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Orange County Indexed

Will of John (x) Ivey

Will Book E, page 215 · dated 10 May 1826 · proved May 1830

John Ivey named wife Mornning, two daughters, and four sons and appointed John Carethers executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John (x) Ivey (printed JOHN (x) IVEY)
Dated
10 May 1826
Proved
May 1830 court
Family named
Mornning (wife); Joseph Ivey (son); Andrew Patterson (son); John (son); William (son); Nancy Holder (daughter); Sally (daughter)
Executor
John Carethers (friend)
Witnesses
Archibald Durham; Thomas Lloyd
Money and goods
$1; $2

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 215.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 136.
  • 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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