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Orange County Indexed

Will of Andrew (x) McCullock, Sr.

Will Book E, page 345 · dated 19 February 1831 · proved May 1835

Andrew McCullock left land to niece Polly Smith and conditionally left land and enslaved people to nephew Andrew Forgason if he came to America.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Andrew (x) McCullock, Sr. (printed ANDREW (x) McCULLOCK, SR.)
Dated
19 February 1831
Proved
May 1835 court
Family named
Polly Smith (niece); Andrew Forgason (my nephew; now of Ireland)
Also left something
James Kerr (friend; of Caswell County)
Executors
James Kerr (worthy friends); James Hurdle (worthy friends)
Witnesses
Solomon Browning; Wm. Cantrell; Connoly Walker
Enslaved people not named
Enslaved people
Land
land joining William Barbee; Land
Places
Caswell County; Ireland; America
Also named
William Barbee
In the paper’s words
“weak of body”

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 345.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 160.
  • 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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