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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Henry Whitted

Will Book E, page 76 · dated 29 July 1824 · proved February 1825

William Henry Whitted named Frances, siblings and brother James’s children and appointed James Webb executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Henry Whitted (printed WILLIAM HENRY WHITTED)
Dated
29 July 1824
Proved
February 1825 court
Family named
Frances (wife); Eliza Jane Murphey (sister); James (brother); William Nash Whitted (brother’s children); Tarmesia Mary Whitted (brother’s children)
Executor
James Webb (Dr.)
Witnesses
Thomas Ruffin; James Child; James Webb; John Street

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 76.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 113.
  • 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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