Orange County Indexed
Will of John Hughs, Sr.
Will Book E, page 379 · dated 14 April 1827 · proved May 1836
John Hughs provided for his wife, son Thomas Hughs, and daughter Elizabeth.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John Hughs, Sr. (printed JOHN HUGHS, SR.)
- Dated
- 14 April 1827
- Proved
- May 1836 court
- Family named
- Thomas Hughs (son); Elizabeth (daughter)
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 379.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 165.
- 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).
