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Orange County Indexed

Will of Adolphus W Mangum

Will Book H, page 494 · dated 27 August 1889 · proved June 1890

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
Adolphus W Mangum
Dated
27 August 1889
Proved
June 1890 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 494.
  • 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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