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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) Loyd,sr.

Will Book E, page 342 · dated 25 April 1835 · proved May 1835

William Loyd named wife Hannah, sons, daughters, and Rebecca William’s children and appointed John Careathers executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) Loyd,sr. (printed WILLIAM (x) LOYD,SR.)
Dated
25 April 1835
Proved
May 1835 court
Family named
Hannah (wife); Thomas (son); William (son); Pleasant (son); Green (son); John Loyd (son); Sarah Loyd (daughter); Mary Poe (daughter); Nancy Jones (daughter); Elizabeth Loyd (daughter); Rebecca William (daughter)
Executor
John Careathers
Witnesses
Levi Andrews; William Careathers

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 342.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 159.
  • 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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