Orange County Indexed
Will of Tirza (x) Sweaney
Will Book F, page 276 · dated 25 June 1845 · proved February 1846
Tirza Sweaney provided for nieces Nancy and Martha Oakley, daughters of Barton and Amelia Oakley; George W. Jones was executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Tirza (x) Sweaney (printed TIRZA (x) SWEANEY)
- Dated
- 25 June 1845
- Proved
- February 1846 court
- Family named
- Nancy (niece; daughter of Barton and Amelia Oakley; age under age); Martha Oakley (niece; daughter of Barton and Amelia Oakley; age under age)
- Executor
- George W. Jones
- Witnesses
- John Duke; John Hill
- Also named
- Barton (parents of nieces); Amelia Oakley (parents of nieces)
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 276.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 215.
- 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).
