Will of Sullivan Leigh

Known from Mark Chilton’s index of the will books, which gives the testator, the dates and references to the county court minutes. The will’s contents are not abstracted here; read it in the will book.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Sullivan Leigh

Dated

4 March 1843

Proved

May 1854 court

In the court minutes

OCPQS 18/198 (minute book and page; these minutes are not yet in Orange County Indexed)

The name is given as Chilton’s index writes it from the will book. Check the will book before relying on it.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book G, page 49.
• 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 80004, “Record of Wills, 1851–1893, Vols. G, H” (State Archives film).