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Orange County Indexed

Will of Martha (x) Benson

Will Book F, page 305 · dated 10 August 1842 · proved November 1846

MARTHA (x) BENSON made a will; the compiler lists only the testator and dates.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Martha (x) Benson (printed MARTHA (x) BENSON)
Dated
10 August 1842
Proved
November 1846 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, page 305.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 216.
  • 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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