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Orange County Indexed

Will of James Linn

Will Book E, page 7 · dated 19 July 1821 · proved February 1822

James Linn directed equal estate shares for his unnamed children and named Mary; Henry Barnhart and Eli Euliss were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James Linn (printed JAMES LINN)
Dated
19 July 1821
Proved
February 1822 court
Family named
Mary (wife)
Executors
Henry Barnhart; Eli Euliss
Witnesses
John (x) Euliss; WM. Causey; Peter Linn

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 7.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 98.
  • 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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