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Orange County Indexed

Will of James McMunn

dated 31 December 1802

James McMunn provided for his unnamed wife, son William, daughters Ginny Brease and Elizabeth, Ann Hargis, and James Lindcey.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
James McMunn (printed JAMES McMUNN)
Dated
31 December 1802
Proved
Date not given
Family named
William (son); Ginny Brease (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)
Also left something
Ann Hargis; James Lindcey
Witnesses
Alexander Finley; Wm. Smith
Money and goods
William 5 sh.; Ginny Brease 5 shillings; Ann Hargis 20 shillings; James Lindcey 5 shillings; Elizabeth 5 shillings

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 220.
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