Agreement: Thomas King

Thomas King and Jeremiah Edge agreed to divide property before King travelled; Edge would care for King’s wife Sophia and unnamed children.

Kind of paper

Agreement

Made by

Thomas King (printed THOMAS KING), of Orange County, N.C.

Dated

14 October 1788

Family named

Sophia (wife)

Witnesses

Archibald Harris; John Duke

Land

land bought of John Duke and taken up in partnership with Jeremiah Edge.

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 38.
• 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).