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Orange County Indexed

Will of James W. McCauley

Will Book F, page 383 · dated 21 July 1847 · proved November 1847

James W. McCauley, formerly of Tennessee and now at relative Wm. McCauley’s Orange County home, made a will.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James W. McCauley (printed JAMES W. McCAULEY), late of the State of Tennessee, but now at the home of Wm. McCauley (his relative) of Orange County.
Dated
21 July 1847
Proved
November 1847 court
Also named
Wm. McCauley (his relative; of Orange County)

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 383.
  • 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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