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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Tate

Will Book F, page 100 · dated 12 September 1834 · proved August 1841

Thomas Tate named daughters Ann and Ginny, son Samuel, and granddaughter Luiza and appointed Samuel executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Tate (printed THOMAS TATE)
Dated
12 September 1834
Proved
August 1841 court
Family named
Samuel Tate (son); Samuel (son); Ann (daughter); Ginny (daughter); Luiza (granddaughter)
Executor
Samuel (son)
Witnesses
Joseph Tate; Samuel Tate

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 F, page 100.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 192.
  • 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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