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Orange County Indexed

Will of James Garrard

Will Book F, pages 258–260 · dated 7 April 1845 · proved May 1845

James Garrard named sons and appointed James and Sherwood Garrard executors; son Wilson Garrard was to make deeds.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James Garrard (printed JAMES GARRARD)
Dated
7 April 1845
Proved
May 1845 court
Family named
William (son); James (son); Sherwood Garrard (son); Wilson Garrard (son; to make deeds)
Executors
James (son); Sherwood Garrard (son)
Witnesses
Silas M. Link; James Latta

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 258–260.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 212.
  • 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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