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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of Barney (x) Clap

Will Book F, pages 229–233 · dated 5 February 1842 · proved November 1844

Barney Clap made a codicil naming no new heirs.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
Barney (x) Clap (printed BARNEY (x) CLAP)
Dated
5 February 1842
Proved
November 1844 court

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 229–233.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 208.
  • 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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