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Orange County Indexed

Will of Joseph Latta

Will Book E, page 66 · dated 1 April 1824 · proved November 1824

Joseph Latta named Sarah and five children and appointed Thomas Latta and James Latta executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Joseph Latta (printed JOSEPH LATTA)
Dated
1 April 1824
Proved
November 1824 court
Family named
Sarah (wife); Mary P. Latta (All my children); Nancy A. Latta (All my children); Elizabeth L. Latta (All my children); Caroline L. Latta (All my children); John Cabe Latta (All my children; a minor)
Executors
Thomas Latta (trusty friends); James Latta (trusty friends)
Witnesses
John Riley; John Ray, Sr.

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 66.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 111.
  • 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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