Orange County Indexed
Will of William Duke, Sr.
Will Book F, page 139 · dated 23 January 1839 · proved August 1842
William Duke named sons and married daughters and appointed Ellison G. Mangum executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William Duke, Sr. (printed WILLIAM DUKE, SR.)
- Dated
- 23 January 1839
- Proved
- August 1842 court
- Family named
- John Duke (son); William Duke (son); Green (son); Polly Leathers (daughter wife of Moses Leathers); Dicey Bobbitt (daughter); Reny Mangum (daughter wife of W.G.Mangum); Bedy Oakley (daughter wife of Vincent Oakley); Moses Leathers; W.G.Mangum; Vincent Oakley
- Executor
- Ellison G. Mangum
- Witnesses
- Jeff Horner; Orford Moize
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 139.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 196.
- 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).
