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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).
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