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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Rhodes

Will Book E, page 329 · dated 28 October 1834 · proved November 1834

William Rhodes left his estate to his unnamed wife to raise and educate their unnamed children and appointed Zachariah Trice executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Rhodes (printed WILLIAM RHODES)
Dated
28 October 1834
Proved
November 1834 court
Executor
Zachariah Trice (worthy friend)
Witnesses
Henry Trice, Sr.; Chesley P. Trice; Henry D. Trice

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 329.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 157.
  • 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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