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Orange County Indexed

Will of Henry (x) Moize

Will Book E, page 258 · dated 1 May 1831 · proved August 1831

Henry Moize left land to daughter Frances, named wife Lucy and children, and appointed brother John Moize executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Henry (x) Moize (printed HENRY (x) MOIZE)
Dated
1 May 1831
Proved
August 1831 court
Family named
Lucy (wife); Frances Moize (daughter); Allen Moize (my children); Nancy Roberts (my children); Elizabeth Tilly (my children); Keziah Tilly (my children); John Moize (brother)
Executor
John Moize (brother)
Witnesses
Frederic Moize; Willia P. Mangum
Land
his land

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 258.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 145.
  • 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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