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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Hutchins

Will Book E, page 56 · dated 9 January 1823 · proved May 1824

John Hutchins named daughter Polly and her husband William Lewis and appointed them executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Hutchins (printed JOHN HUTCHINS)
Dated
9 January 1823
Proved
May 1824 court
Family named
Polly (daughter); Polly Lewis (daughter); William Lewis (husband of Polly); Wm. Lewis (son-in-law)
Executors
Polly Lewis (daughter); Wm. Lewis (son-in-law)
Witnesses
Philip Alston; William Lynn; J. Dickson

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 56.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 109.
  • 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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