Orange County Indexed
Will of Matthew Ray
Will Book H, page 256 · dated 25 November 1778 · proved September 1880
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
- Matthew Ray
- Dated
- 25 November 1778
- Proved
- September 1880 court
Reading note: The index gives the will as dated 1778 and proved 1880; one of the years is probably wrong.
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 256.
- 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).
