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Orange County Indexed

Will of Abner Tate

Will Book F, page 101 · dated 4 January 1841 · proved August 1841

Abner Tate named sister Alsa and brother Jesse Tate and appointed Jesse executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Abner Tate (printed ABNER TATE)
Dated
4 January 1841
Proved
August 1841 court
Family named
Alsa Tate (sister); Jesse Tate (brother); Jesse (brother)
Executor
Jesse (brother)
Witnesses
Andrew Ross; David Barber

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 101.
  • 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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