Will of Ruffin R Tapp

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

Ruffin R Tapp

Proved

July 1881 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 289.
• 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).