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Orange County Indexed

Will of Mary Whitted

Will Book E, page 34 · dated 25 February 1823 · proved May 1823

Mary Whitted named children and grandchildren and appointed James Webb executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Mary Whitted (printed MARY WHITTED)
Dated
25 February 1823
Proved
May 1823 court
Family named
Henry Whitted (son); Eliza J. Whitted (daughter); Nash Whitted (grandchild); Mary Jemima (or Terminia ?) Whitted (grandchild)
Executor
James Webb
Witnesses
William Whitted; James Webb

Reading note: Mary Jemima (or Terminia ?) Whitted alternate given name retained.

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 34.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 105.
  • 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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