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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Andrew, Sr.

Will Book E, page 49 · dated 15 February 1820 · proved February 1824

William Andrew named sons, daughters and descendants, left Haw Branch land to Starling, and appointed Laborn and Mark executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Andrew, Sr. (printed WILLIAM ANDREW, SR.)
Dated
15 February 1820
Proved
February 1824 court
Family named
Starling (son); Archibel (son); Laborn (son); Mark (son); John (son); Henry (son); William (son); Archibald (son); Elizabeth Edwards (daughter); Patsy Cheek (daughter); Ginney Cheek (daughter)
Executors
Laborn (son); Mark (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Brewer; John ...?..
Land
land lying west of the Haw Branch
Money and goods
5 shillings each

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 49.
  • 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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