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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Farrar

Will Book E, page 290 · dated 11 November 1832 · proved February 1833

John Farrar provided for his wife and children and directed schooling for the children; no executor was named.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Farrar (printed JOHN FARRAR)
Dated
11 November 1832
Proved
February 1833 court
Witnesses
Hunter McCauley; Joseph Barbee

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 290.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 150.
  • 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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