Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Cain, Margaret July 16, 1840
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume G, page 452
Written: July 16, 1840
Recorded: Aug 1864
Testator: Margaret Cain

Know all men that I Margaret Cain
of the County of Orange and State of North Car
olina, being of sound mind and memory, and
wishing to make a disposition of my proper-
ty different from that which the law
would make in case of my dying intestate
do make publish and declare this to be
my last will and testament in manner
and form following, viz.

     I give and devise to my two sisters
Mary and Elizabeth Cain the whole of
my estate and property of every kind and dis-
cription both real and personal, to them and
the survivor of them and the heirs executors
and administrators of the survivor of them.

   And I appoint my said two sisters Mary
and Elizabeth the executrixes of this my last
will and testament
         Signed, sealed and published on this
the 16       day of July     1840

In the presence of          Margaret Cain (seal)
   Abner Lewis    Jurat
   William Jackson

[Will Book Volume G, page 452]

Know all men that I Margaret Cain of the County
of Orange and State of North Carolina being of
sound mind and memory and wishing to make
a disposition of my property diffrent from that
which the law would make in case of my dying
intestate do make publish and declare this to
be my last will and testament in manner
and form following viz

I give and devise to my two sisters Mary and
Elizabeth Cain the whole of my estate and
property of every kind and discription both real
and personal to them and the survivors of them
and the heirs executors and administrators of
the survivors of them.

     And I appoint my said two sisters Mary
and Elizabeth the Executrixes of this my last
will and testament

Signed, sealed and published on this the
16th day of July 1840
In the presence of          Margaret Cain (seal)
Abner Lewis    Jurat
William Jackson

   Orange County Court August Term 1864
The foregoing last will and testament of
Margaret Cain deceased was duly proved
in ope Court according to law and
ordered to be recorded

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume G, page 452
Recorded Aug 1864

Testator:
Margaret Cain - daughter of James Cain who married Elizabeth McKinley
on 21 Dec 1781 in Orange County, North Carolina. James died about Apr 1834.

Legatees:
Mary Cain - sister of testator, daughter of James Cain
Elizabeth - sister of testator, daughter of James Cain

Estate Papers comprise 12 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Cain, Margaret (1866)". No family history found.