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Orange County Indexed

Will of Sarah Younger

Will Book E, page 371 · dated 5 February 1834 · proved February 1836

Sarah Younger left money to Robert, land to Richard and grandson John, and one dollar to John E. Younger’s heirs.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Sarah Younger (printed SARAH YOUNGER)
Dated
5 February 1834
Proved
February 1836 court
Family named
Robert Younger (son); John E. Younger (son); Richard Younger (son); John (his son)
Executor
Richard Younger (son)
Witnesses
Jas. Grahams; Robert Fausett
Land
plantation; my plantation on Boyd's Creek where I lately resided
Money and goods
$1
In the paper’s words
“aged and infirm”

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 371.
  • 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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