Will of Charles King

Charles King provided for Elizabeth and descendants, left land to Shurley, and made a bequest to bound servant John Cole.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Charles King (printed CHARLES KING)

Dated

7 November 1810

Proved

February 1811 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 28 February 1811
• Estate account, 28 February 1811

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Eliz. (wife); Shurley (oldest son); Charles (youngest son; under age); Shurley King (son); Biddy (daughter); Betsey (his wife); William Franklin Shaw (grandchild); Louisa Shaw (grandchild); Charles Shaw (son-in-law)

Also left something

John Cole (my bound servant)

Executors

Richard Blackwood; Shurley King (son); Eliz. (wife)

Witnesses

Edwd. Robson; Wm. King

Land

land which was surveyed by Nathaniel and William King

Money and goods

10 shillings

Also named

Nathaniel (surveyor); William King (surveyor)

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 282.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 43.
• 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).