Orange County Indexed
Will of John King
Will Book C, page 94 · dated 17 February 1797 · proved May 1797
John King left one dollar each to four sons and his estate to son John, whom he appointed sole executor.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- John King (printed JOHN KING)
- Dated
- 17 February 1797
- Proved
- May 1797 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- Thomas King (son; oldest); Edward King (son); Armour King (son); William King (son); John King (son)
- Executor
- John King (son)
- Witnesses
- Thomas Bradford; D. Bradford
- Money and goods
- $1 each
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 C, page 94.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
