Will of John (x) Stalcop

John Stalcop named wife Elizabeth, sons and daughters; wife Elizabeth and son Solomon were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John (x) Stalcop (printed JOHN (x) STALCOP)

Dated

10 July 1800

Proved

May 1804 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Solomon Stalcop (son); Thomas Stalcop (son; age under 20 years); Solomon (son); Elizabeth Stalcop Jr (daughter); Nancy Stalcop (daughter); Rachel Stalcop (daughter); Lydda Stalcop (daughter); Susannah Stalcop (daughter)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); Solomon (son)

Witnesses

James Pyle; William Pyle

In the paper’s words

“sick and weak”

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 D, page 125.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 20.
• 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).