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Orange County Indexed

Will of Ellen Smith

Will Book G, page 503 · dated 1 December 1864 · proved August 1866

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
Ellen Smith
Dated
1 December 1864
Proved
August 1866 court
In the court minutes
OCPQS 20A/205 (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 503.
  • 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).
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