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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Anderson

Will Book E, page 36 · dated 5 February 1823 · proved May 1823

William Anderson provided for his unnamed wife and directed investment until the youngest child came of age, then equal division among children.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Anderson (printed WILLIAM ANDERSON)
Dated
5 February 1823
Proved
May 1823 court
Executors
Joseph Allison (worthy friends); William Maris (worthy friends)
Witnesses
J.D.Hughes; Thomas Armstrong; Joseph Allison

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 36.
  • 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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