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Agreement: Hannah King to John King and others

Will Book A, page 290 · dated 12 June 1783 · proved May 1784

John King’s executors and legatees agreed on division of his estate after Hannah King’s death.

Kind of paper
Agreement
Made by
Hannah King, of Orange County
Dated
12 June 1783
Proved
May 1784 court
To
John King (legatees); Baxter King (legatees); Charles King (legatees); Nathaniel King (legatees); William Blackwood (legatees); Richard Morris (legatees); Anne King (legatees); Elizabeth King (legatees); Obedience King (legatees; minors); Thomas King (legatees; minors); Hannah King (legatees; minors); Rebecca King (legatees; minors); Jesse Buckner (one of the legatees)
Executors
Hannah King (Executors of the last will and testament of JOHN KING); William King (Executors of the last will and testament of JOHN KING)
Guardian
Jesse Buckner (guardian of Thomas, Obedience, and Rebecca King, minors)
Witnesses
John Hogan; William (x) Partin
Also named
JOHN KING (deceased)

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 290.
  • 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).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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