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Orange County Indexed

Will of John Henderson

Will Book F, page 80 · dated 23 August 1838 · proved November 1840

John Henderson named wife Frances, four sons, five daughters, and daughter Polly Stowers’s heirs and appointed Frances Henderson executrix.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John Henderson (printed JOHN HENDERSON)
Dated
23 August 1838
Proved
November 1840 court
Family named
Frances (wife); Frances Henderson (wife); Pleasant (son); Thomas (son); James (son); John Henderson (son); Elizabeth Pearson (daughter); Sarah Perry (daughter); Dicey Perry (daughter); Martha Henderson (daughter); Eliza C. Henderson (daughter); Polly Stowers (daughter)
Executor
Frances Henderson (wife)
Witnesses
A. W. Clemebts; John D. Carlton

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 80.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 189.
  • 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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