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Orange County Indexed

Will of Jonathan Davis

Will Book E, page 47 · dated 18 August 1823 · proved November 1823

Jonathan Davis provided for his unnamed wife and equal shares for minor children; his wife and Joseph Allison were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Jonathan Davis (printed JONATHAN DAVIS)
Dated
18 August 1823
Proved
November 1823 court
Executor
Joseph Allison (Colonel)
Witnesses
E. Graves; Abram Parish

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 47.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 107.
  • 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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