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Orange County Indexed

Will of James (x) Hutcherson

Will Book F, page 160 · dated 7 January 1843 · proved May 1843

James Hutcherson left land to daughter Patian and George McCrary and divided the balance among all children, appointing McCrary and George Hurdle executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James (x) Hutcherson (printed JAMES (x) HUTCHERSON)
Dated
7 January 1843
Proved
May 1843 court
Family named
Sarah (wife); Patian (daughter); George McCrary (her husband)
Executors
George McCrary; George Hurdle (friend)
Witnesses
Henry Bason; Stephen White
Land
land joining said McCrary, Thomas Tyrell and others ... adjoining Sally Allen and A. Mebane
Also named
Thomas Tyrell; Sally Allen; A. Mebane

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 160.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 198.
  • 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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