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Orange County Indexed

Will of John O'Daniel

Will Book E, page 369 · dated 5 June 1825 · proved February 1836

John O’Daniel left his estate to brothers Henry and Jesse, then conditionally to Anne Waddleton and John Baskett.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John O'Daniel (printed JOHN O'DANIEL)
Dated
5 June 1825
Proved
February 1836 court
Family named
Henry (brother); Jesse O'Daniel (brother)
Also left something
Anne Waddleton; John Baskett (of South Carolina)
Executors
Henry (brother); Jesse O'Daniel (brother)

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 369.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 164.
  • 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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