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Orange County Indexed

Will of William G. Clendennin

Will Book E, page 363 · dated 17 March 1835 · proved August 1835

William G. Clendennin named wife Isabel and unnamed children and appointed James Johnston sole executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William G. Clendennin (printed WILLIAM G. CLENDENNIN)
Dated
17 March 1835
Proved
August 1835 court
Family named
Isabel (wife)
Executor
James Johnston
Witnesses
Alfred Thompson; Patterson Thompson; James Clendennin

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 363.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 162.
  • 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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