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Orange County Indexed

Will of Robert Morrow

Will Book F, page 269 · dated 19 December 1839 · proved November 1845

Robert Morrow provided for his wife, sons, daughters, and son Elbridge’s heirs; sons Vincent and Josiah were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Robert Morrow (printed ROBERT MORROW)
Dated
19 December 1839
Proved
November 1845 court
Family named
Vincent (son); Josiah (son); Robert J. (son); George W. Morrow (son); Sidney Mebane (son); George Washington Morrow (son); Elbridge (son; son Elbridge's heirs); Eliza A. (daughter); Mary Jane (daughter); Elizabeth M. (daughter); Julee Nancy (daughter)
Executors
Vincent (son); Josiah (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Reeves; Robert Whitted

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 269.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 214.
  • 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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