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Orange County Indexed

Will of William (x) O'Daniel

Will Book F, page 227 · dated 25 September 1844 · proved November 1844

William O’Daniel named brother John and sisters Lavina and Margaret and appointed John executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William (x) O'Daniel (printed WILLIAM (x) O'DANIEL)
Dated
25 September 1844
Proved
November 1844 court
Family named
John O'Daniel (brother); Lavina (sister); Margaret (sister); John (brother)
Executor
John (brother)
Witnesses
John Jones; Henry Ray

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 227.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 208.
  • 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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