Orange County Indexed
Will of William King
Will Book D, page 571 · dated 20 November 1819 · proved February 1820
William King named Sarah and nine children, gave cash and goods, and appointed his wife and sons executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- William King (printed WILLIAM KING)
- Dated
- 20 November 1819
- Proved
- February 1820 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); John (son); William D. King (son); Marshal King (son); Pleasant King (son); Wm. D. King (son); Senea (daughter); Fanny (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Peggy (daughter); Sarrah (daughter)
- Executors
- John (son); Wm. D. King (son)
- Witness
- Jonathan Tapp
- Money and goods
- 1 filly; $1 each; bed and furniture
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 571.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 89.
- 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).
