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Orange County Indexed

Will of William Foust

Will Book F, page 308 · dated 18 August 1846 · proved November 1846

WILLIAM FOUST made a will; the compiler lists only the testator and dates.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William Foust (printed WILLIAM FOUST)
Dated
18 August 1846
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 308.
  • 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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