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Orange County Indexed

Will of Ellison G Mangum

Will Book G, page 509 · dated 7 October 1865 · proved February 1867

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
Ellison G Mangum
Dated
7 October 1865
Proved
February 1867 court
In the court minutes
OCPQS 21/73; OCPQS 21A/84 (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 509.
  • 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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