Orange County Indexed
Deed of gift: Lewis Kirk to Martha Williamson Kirk
Will Book B, page 271 · dated 2 December 1793 · proved February 1794
Lewis Kirk gave Agnes, an enslaved infant, to his granddaughter Martha Williamson Kirk.
- Kind of paper
- Deed of gift
- Made by
- Lewis Kirk (printed LEWIS KIRK), of Orange Co., N.C.
- Dated
- 2 December 1793
- Proved
- February 1794 court
- To
- Martha Williamson Kirk (granddaughter; of Orange Co., N.C.)
- Witnesses
- Nathaniel Christmas; Reubin Smith
- Enslaved people named
- Agnes (age one year old; to Martha Williamson Kirk)
- In the records of enslaved people
- Agnes (this paper, from the Register of Deeds’ compilation)
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 B, page 271.
- 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).
