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Orange County Indexed

Will of James I Allen

Will Book H, page 461 · dated 16 May 1888 · proved January 1889

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
James I Allen
Dated
16 May 1888
Proved
January 1889 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 461.
  • 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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