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Orange County Indexed

Will of Martha (x) Mulhollan

Will Book E, page 378 · dated 18 November 1834 · proved May 1836

Martha Mulhollan left property in trust for sons John and Samuel, then for deceased son Hugh’s children; Samuel N. Tate was trustee and executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Martha (x) Mulhollan (printed MARTHA (x) MULHOLLAN)
Dated
18 November 1834
Proved
May 1836 court
Family named
Thomas (widow of); John Mulhollan (son); Samuel Mulhollan (son); Hugh Mulhollan (my son; deceased)
Executor
Samuel N. Tate
Trustee
Samuel N. Tate (friend)
Witnesses
C. C. Smith; James Tate

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 378.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 165.
  • 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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