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Orange County Indexed

Will of Luke Ward

Will Book H, page 178 · dated 12 August 1871 · proved January 1878

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
Luke Ward
Dated
12 August 1871
Proved
January 1878 court

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 H, page 178.
  • 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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