Orange County Indexed
Will of John King
Will Book A, page 255 · proved August 1782
John King named wife Hannah, sons and five daughters, devised land, and appointed his wife and son William executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John King (printed JOHN KING)
- Dated
- As printed: “Dated 22 July”
- Proved
- August 1782 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 22 July 1782. Check the will book to settle it.
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Hannah (wife); Thomas (son); William (son); Thomas King (son; a minor); Nancy (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter; under age); Obedience (daughter; under age); Hannah (daughter; under age); Rebecca (daughter; under age)
- Executors
- Hannah (wife); William (son)
- Witnesses
- John Hogan; Thos. Lloyd, Jr; Nathaniel King
- Deeds that cite this paper
- Deed Book 5, page 211
- Land
- beginning at a beach on Bolings Creek Nathaniel King's corner .. Ready branch ... to Charles King's line ... to Joshua Eason's line; joining land of Thomas Lloyd, Jr
- Places
- Bolings Creek; Ready branch
- Also named
- Nathaniel King; Charles King; Joshua Eason; Thomas Lloyd, Jr
Reading note: Writing year omitted. Son Thomas and son Thomas King (a minor) printed separately; kept distinct names without merging.
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
- Orange County Will Book A, page 255.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
- Also 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 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
