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MITCHELL, THORNTON W.NORTH CAROLINA WILLS: A TESTATOR INDEX, 1665-1900.

NORTH CAROLINA WILLS:

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A TESTATOR INDEX, 1665-1900

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THORNTON W. MITCHELL

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Raleigh. North Carolina

1987

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COBB COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY AUG 0 2 1989MARIETTA, GEORGIA

001 - Alamance 040 - Gaston

002 - Albemarle 041 - Gates

003 - Alexander 042 - Glasgow004 - Alleghany 043 - Graham

005 - Anson .~ 044 - Granville006 - Ashe 045 - Greene007 - Avery 046 - Guilford008 - Bath 047 - Halifax

009 - Beaufort 048 - Harnett

010 - Bertie 049 - Haywood011 - Bladen 050 - Henderson012 - Brunswick 051 - Hertford013 - Buncombe 052 - Hoke

014 - Burke 053 - Hyde015 - Bute 054 - Iredell

016 - Cabarrus 055 - Jackson017 - Caldwell 056 - Johnston

018 - Camden 057 - Jones019 - Carteret 058 - Lee

020 - Caswe 11 059 - Leno ir

021 - Catawba 060 - Lincoln

022 - Chatham 061 - Macon

023 - Cherokee 062 - Madison024 - Chowan 063 - Martin025 - Clay 064 - McDowell

026 - Cleveland 065 - Mecklenburg027 - Columbus 066 - Mitchell

028 - Craven 067 - Montgomery029 - Cumberland 068 - Moore

030 - Currituck 069 - Nash

031 - Dare 070 - New Hanover

032 - Davidson 071 - Northampton033 - Davie 072 - Onslow

034 - Dobbs 073 - Orange035 - Duplin 074 - Pamlico

036 - Durham 075 - Pasquotank

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IDENTIFICATION OF COUNTIES

The county in which a will was probated is identified by a threedigit number which was developed by the North Carolina StateArchives for all existing and discontinued counties in the state.

Each county is discussed in more detail at the beginning ofVolume I of this index. The following listing identifies thecounty, by name, for each of the numbers used.

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) - Po 1k 0 ('- Randolph ~ (

Richmond 9).­

3 - Robeson 0)~ - Rockingham ~jl./) - Rowan F)'5 - Rutherford G(7 - Sampson 8)3 - Scotland£>0

j - Stan 1y g 9) - Stokes f' c'

1 - Swa in <;> (

2 - Surry q}...

3 - Transylvania 9,Y

094 - Tryon

095 - Not assigned096 - Tyrrell097 - Union

098 - Vance

099 - Wake100 - Warren

101 - Washington102 - t4atauga

103 - Wayne104 - Wilkes

105 - Wil son106 - Yadkin

107 - Yancey

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations have been used in the preparation ofthis index:

Ant - Antigua

AR - In the "Original" column: indicates that the originalwill (or a copy) is in the North Carolina State

Archives, Raleigh.

AR/CRX - A record in the State Archives that has been out of

legal custody and the provenance of which cannot beproved.

Can - Canada

CCR - Colonial court records. The 3-digit number followingthe symbol is the State Archives box number.

ChM - Chowan County miscellaneous papers. Followed by a

volume number, slash (/), and page number. Probate

records (estates and wills) in the papers wereabstracted by Jonathan B. Butcher in North Carolina

Genealogical Society Journal, Volume VII (1981), pp.18-24, 81-88, 145-150, 203-208.

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- Indicates that the original will (or a copy) is in the

custody of the county clerk of superior court.

- Deed Book. Followed by a book or a volume number,

slash (/), and page number.

- Bound volume in the deeds (500) category in the StateArchives. Followed by a period (.), the book number,slash (/), and page number. Used in Craven Countyonly.

- Edenton District Superior Court loose papers.

- England

- ~ree woman of color.

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Name

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Iilhitley,Nancy0241897WB-E /267 AR

1031795WI-A/558 AR

Whitley, Nancy1051866W8-1/124 ARWhitf ield, \~i11iam028

1866WB-D/469 ARWhitley, Needham0561832WB-l/476 . ARWhitford, David R.

0281894WB-F/127 Whitley, Pierce0631841WB-2/286Whitford, Edward 0281841WB-D/31 Whitley, R. D.0651900WB-N/332Whitford, Hardy 0281839WB-C/432 Whitley, Richard R.069cl862Orig. Only AR'ilhitford,Hol ton

0281829WB-C/311 AR

Whitley, Sally0511856WB-A/381Whitford, John 0281890W13-F/2 iWhitley, Sion 0691840WB-1/436 ARWhitford, Mary J. AR

IWhitley, Thomas

069cl800WB-1/240 AR028 1867WB-D/450IWhitford, Nathan

0281899WB-F/416 ,Whitley, William 0561833WB-1/495 ARWhitford, Nelson

Orig. OnlyARi

Whitley, Willis0691861WB-1/575 AR028 1781 ,Whitford, Thomas028

1899WB-F/426

IWhitl iff, John 0561761WB-1/770 ARWhitford, Will iam C.

030cl809WB-2/343 hi.t10, 'IIill iam0711759Orig. Only SS/ARWhit~ous, Gracey 0301790WB-1/243 Whitlock, Charles0901814WB-2/153 ARWhithurst, Gideon 0091834OWB/517 CTY

Whitlock, Charles0921885WB-6/215 ARWhithurst, Hillery030

1843WB-4/95 Whitlock, George0441774WB-l/21 CTYWhit1urst, Nancy 079

1876WB-2/124 ARWhitlock, ,John0921833WB-4/61 AR

Whithurst, William 0921825WB-3/164 \

Iiltly, Alison0891896WB-2/318 AR

Whitiker, William 0281781Orig. Only AR Whitly, Elizabeth0091837OB-C2/2 CTY

Whiting, James AR"

Whitly, Nancy 0371873WB-G/431 AR054 1866WB-3/187 ,Whitington, Sarah ARIWhitly, Temple 0891865WB-1/272081 1834WB-6/435 iWhit let, Nancy

0971866WB-1/281 CTY

:.~IWh itman, John A.

0851865WB-K/370 ARWhitley, Adison 103

1890WB-1/506 AR Whitmell, Thomas0101779WB-C/50 AR-Nunc.Whitl ey, Alby J. 009

1817OB-A/269 CTY; IWhitmell, Thomas 0101735LGB-4/#22Whitley, Arthur 009

c1794OWB/303 CTY

~Whitmell, Thomas 063cl779WB-1/133

Wh it1ey ,Arthur 1031876WB-1/96 AR Whitme11, Thomas B.0471798WB-3/318

Whitley, Ashley 0091883WB-1/325 CTY

Whitmire, Christopher0131837WB-A/47Whitley, Daniel 087

cl825Orig. Only AR~Whitmire, Christopher 050cl838Copy 093 ARWhitley, Elijah 056

1864WB-2/54 AR':l1i Whitmire, Christopher 050cl838WB-1/13

Whitley, Elizabeth 0601813Orig. Only AR}'Whitmire, George W.0931888WB-1/205 AR

Whitley, Elizabeth056

1842WB-1/545 AR

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Whitmire, S. O. 0931892WB-2/122 ARWhitley, Enoch 056

1825WB-1/458 ARWhitmire, William0931873WB-1/129 AR-Nunc.

Whitley, Esther 0631849WB-2/347 :;~I Whitmore, Elizabeth 0471892WB-7/52 AR

Whitley, Ezekiel S.,

0601798Orig. Only AR

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Whitmore, Henry B. 0471876WB-6/155 ARWhitley, George 089

cl845Orig. Only AR Whitmore, P. H.0471883WB-6/307 ARWh it1ey, George 056

1879WB-3/222 ARWhitner, Betsey0211882WB-2/246

Whitley, H. M. 1051888WB-2/490 AR

Whitner, George0211880WB-2/218Wh it1ey, J. K. 103

1880WB-1/180 ARWhitner, Joseph0211873WB-2/74 AR

Whitley, Jane 009cl832OWB/505 CTY

1Whitner, Joseph N.SC1864061 WB-2/39 061 AR

Whitley, Jesse VA1861051 WB-C/241051 ARiWhitney, Abner 0751810WB-M1/221 AR

Whitley, Jesse 0561819Est-ll/258 AR

Whitney, James W.0371873WB-G/422 ARWhitley, John WB-G/280

ARiWhitney, Joshua

N1735LGB-4/#25 SS/AR037 1866Whitley, John D. 089

1863WB-1/255 IWhitney, Samuel 0631794WB-1/204Whitley, John R.

0561819WB-1/302 Whitous, Anthony0751834WB-N/95 AR

Whitley, John, Sr.069

1831WB-1/372 ARjWhitridge, Thomas 0651883WB-L/28 AR

Whitley, Josiah 0711883W13-6/421

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Whits all , Adam 0731822WB-E/7 AllWhitley, Judith J.069

cl886Orig. Only ARpWhitsel, Adam 073~_1822--WB-E11ARWhitley, L. R. 056

1863WB-2/40 AR.,Wh itsell,-Jaeob

001c1848WB-1/69 ARWhitley, Leander VA

1879051 WB-C/234.".: -

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Whitsell, James 084cl839Orig. Only ARWhitley, Lou Edney089----1893--or;g. Only

AR.•.Whitsell, Mary 0011877WB-2/114 AR

Whitley_,~adntha 063 1838 WB-2/249Whitsett, John0841806WB-A/33 CTY

Whitley, Mary D. AR~Whitson, J. C.

0641900WB-2/499 AR069 1887 WB-5/2491Whitley, Mary M.

099 1881 WB-A/254ARf~~

Whitson, J. C. 0641900107 WB-2/214Whitley, Michael 069 1840 WB-1/450

ARWh it1ey, Mill s !673

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