Orange County Indexed
Will of John Redmond, Sr.
Will Book E, page 317 · dated 5 September 1829 · proved May 1834
John Redmond left Margaret Redmon a life estate and conditionally left land to grandson John Riley Jr for caring for her.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Redmond, Sr. (printed JOHN REDMOND, SR.)
- Dated
- 5 September 1829
- Proved
- May 1834 court
- Family named
- Margaret Redmon (daughter); John Riley,Jr (grandson)
- Also left something
- John Redmon, Jr.; Sally Riley (wife of John Riley); Nancy Redden (wife of John Redden); Elizabeth Browning (wife of James Browning)
- Executor
- Willoughby Hudgins (worthy friend)
- Witnesses
- William Chamblee; John Riley
- Also named
- John Riley; John Redden; James Browning
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 317.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 155.
- 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).