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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Reeves

Will Book E, page 319 · dated 12 March 1832 · proved May 1834

John Reeves left all his estate to son Thomas Reeves and appointed him executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Reeves (printed JOHN REEVES)
Dated
12 March 1832
Proved
May 1834 court
Family named
Thomas Reeves (son)
Executor
Thomas Reeves
Witness
Thomas Lynch

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 319.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 156.
  • 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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