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Orange County Indexed

Will of Nathan Mann

Will Book F, page 215 · dated 13 June 1840 · proved August 1844

Nathan Mann left pension money due him to Nancy Lasley and appointed her sole executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Nathan Mann (printed NATHAN MANN)
Dated
13 June 1840
Proved
August 1844 court
Also left something
Nancy Lasley
Executor
Nancy Lasley (friend)
Witnesses
Thos. Pendergrast; Andrew J..?...
Money and goods
pension money due me

Reading note: Witness Andrew J..?... has unread surname.

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 215.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 206.
  • 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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