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Other paper: John King to John King and others

Will Book A, page 292

A further estate paper concerned John King and named the same people as the preceding agreement.

Kind of paper
Other paper
Made by
John King
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)
Also named
John King (Estate subject); Hannah King; William King (of Orange County)

Reading note: No maker stated; John King is estate subject, not asserted maker. Source refers to same persons as A-290; copied those referenced persons with their stated roles. No date or separate witnesses given.

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 292.
  • 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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