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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Lashley

Will Book E, page 50 · dated 19 April 1823 · proved February 1824

Thomas Lashley named Hannah and children and appointed James Thompson executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Lashley (printed THOMAS LASHLEY)
Dated
19 April 1823
Proved
February 1824 court
Family named
Hannah (wife); Thomas (son); Elijah (son); Alexander (son); Fanny (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Nicy (daughter); Jean (daughter); Rachel (daughter); Betsy (daughter); Henry Ray (husband of daughter); David Ray (husband of daughter)
Executor
James Thompson (friend)
Witnesses
Thomas Bradshaw; James Bradshaw

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 50.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 108.
  • 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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