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Orange County Indexed

Will of Mary (x) Graham

Will Book F, page 94 · dated 15 January 1837 · proved August 1841

Mary Graham named daughter Mary Garretson and grandchildren John and Mary Graham and appointed son James executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Mary (x) Graham (printed MARY (x) GRAHAM)
Dated
15 January 1837
Proved
August 1841 court
Family named
James (son); George (son); Mary Garretson (daughter); John Graham (grandson son of James); Mary Graham (daughter of my son George)
Executor
James (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Reeves; Wm. Hamilton
Also named
Chesley F. Faucett (Esq., proved will); Lemuel Lynch (proved will)

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 94.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 191.
  • 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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