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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of Joseph Freeland

Will Book E, page 409 · dated December 1836 · proved February 1837

Joseph Freeland appointed brother John Freeland executor; John J. Freeland qualified.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
Joseph Freeland (printed JOSEPH FREELAND)
Dated
December 1836
Proved
February 1837 court
Family named
John Freeland (brother)
Executors
John Freeland (brother); John J. Freeland (qualified as executor)
Witnesses
W.F.Hogan; Thomas Hogan

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 409.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 171.
  • 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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