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Orange County Indexed

Will of Margaret (x) Herndon

Will Book F, page 379 · dated 16 August 1847 · proved November 1847

Margaret Herndon left her estate to sister Elizabeth, including her share of father William Herndon’s undivided estate.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Margaret (x) Herndon (printed MARGARET (x) HERNDON)
Dated
16 August 1847
Proved
November 1847 court
Family named
William Herndon (her father); Elizabeth (her sister)
Witnesses
Wm. Trice; Noah Trice

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 379.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 217.
  • 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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