Will of Henry (x) Picket

Henry Picket named his wife, son-in-law and granddaughter and appointed executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry (x) Picket (printed HENRY (x) PICKET)

Dated

25 May 1809

Proved

November 1809 court

Family named

Indy or Judy (wife); Elizabeth Grayham (granddaughter); Ellick Grayham (son-in-law)

Executors

Ryly Vickers; ..?.. Guess

Witnesses

Jesse (x) Picket; Lucy (x) Dolar; Mo. Guess

Reading note: Wife given as Indy or Judy; executor Guess has illegible preceding name printed as ..?.. .

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 254.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 40.
• 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).