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Orange County Indexed

Will of Henry (x) Trolinger, Sr.

Will Book F, pages 181–184 · dated 20 July 1843 · proved February 1844

Henry Trolinger named wife Polly, sons, daughters, and grandchildren and appointed sons John and Joseph Trolinger executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Henry (x) Trolinger, Sr. (printed HENRY (x) TROLINGER, SR.)
Dated
20 July 1843
Proved
February 1844 court
Family named
Polly (wife); John Trolinger (eldest son); Henry Trolinger Jr (son); Joseph (son); Jacob Trolinger (my son; deceased); John (son); Joseph Trolinger (son); Betsy Gant (eldest daughter); Catherine Freshwater (daughter); Mary Raney (daughter); Peggy Tarpley (daughter); Moses Trolinger (grandson); Adaline Freshwater (granddaughter); Jonathan Gant (son-in-law); Henry Tarpley (her husband)
Executors
John (son); Joseph Trolinger (son)
Witnesses
Daniel A. Montgomery; Thos. Dixon

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, pages 181–184.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 202.
  • 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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