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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) McCullock

Will Book F, page 143 · dated 17 October 1842 · proved November 1842

William McCullock named wife Patience Jane and unnamed children and appointed uncle John McCullock executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) McCullock (printed WILLIAM (x) McCULLOCK)
Dated
17 October 1842
Proved
November 1842 court
Family named
Patience Jane (wife)
Executor
John McCullock (uncle)
Witnesses
Alex. Dickson; Joseph McCullock

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 143.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 197.
  • 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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