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Orange County Indexed

Will of William H. Merritt

Will Book F, pages 458–62 · dated 18 July 1850 · proved August 1850

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

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William H. Merritt (printed WILLIAM H. MERRITT)
Dated
18 July 1850
Proved
August 1850 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, pages 458–62.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 219.
  • 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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