Orange County Indexed
Will of George (x) Thomas
Will Book E, page 511 · dated 1823 · proved November 1837
George Thomas left land to daughter Mary, directed Elizabeth to live with Mary, and made small legacies to sons William and Josiah.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- George (x) Thomas (printed GEORGE (x) THOMAS)
- Dated
- 1823
- Proved
- November 1837 court
- Family named
- William Thomas (son); Josiah Thomas (son); Mary Thomas (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
- Executors
- Sam'l Crawford; John McCauley
- Witnesses
- A. McCauly; Joseph Tate
- Land
- all his lands
- Money and goods
- $1; $3
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 511.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 178.
- 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).
