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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Nease

Will Book F, page 60 · dated 6 March 1838 · proved August 1840

George Nease named wife Molly, four sons, and daughters Sally and Polly and appointed Jacob Nease executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Nease (printed GEORGE NEASE)
Dated
6 March 1838
Proved
August 1840 court
Family named
Molly (wife); Jacob (son); Sampson (son); Anson (son); George (son); Sally (daughter); Polly (daughter)
Executor
Jacob Nease
Witnesses
Mich. Holt; Edwin N. Holt; W. A. Carrigan

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 60.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 187.
  • 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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