Will of Edward J. Ward

EDWARD J. WARD made a will; the compiler lists only the testator and dates.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Edward J. Ward (printed EDWARD J. WARD)

Dated

31 July 1846

Proved

August 1846 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 31 July 1836. Check the will book to settle it.

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 286.
• 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).