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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of Christopher Barbee

Will Book E, pages 321–323 · dated 31 January 1826 · proved May 1834

Christopher Barbee annulled the legacy to grandson Willis Jones.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
Christopher Barbee (printed CHRISTOPHER BARBEE)
Dated
31 January 1826
Proved
May 1834 court
Family named
Willis Jones (grandson)
Witnesses
Wm. Chalmers; John Hutchins; Wm. McCauley

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, pages 321–323.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 156.
  • 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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