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Orange County Indexed

Will of Willis (x) Monk

Will Book E, page 51 · dated 1821 · proved February 1824

Willis Monk named Mary and sons Andrew and John, acknowledged earlier portions to all children, and appointed Mary Monk and Ezekiel Hailey executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Willis (x) Monk (printed WILLIS (x) MONK)
Dated
1821
Proved
February 1824 court
Family named
Mary (wife); Mary Monk (wife); Andrew (son); John (son)
Executors
Mary Monk (wife); Ezekiel Hailey

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 51.
  • 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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