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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Miller

Will Book E, page 227 · dated 11 August 1828 · proved August 1830

William Miller named wife Rebecca and unnamed children and appointed Edmund Strudwick and William Bowls executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Miller (printed WILLIAM MILLER)
Dated
11 August 1828
Proved
August 1830 court
Family named
Rebecca (wife)
Executors
Edmund Strudwick (friend; Dr.); William Bowls (friend)
Witnesses
James Webb; Jesse Miller

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 227.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 139.
  • 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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