Will of Henry Keck

Henry Keck named Elizabeth and eleven children and appointed sons George Keck and David Keck executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Henry Keck (printed HENRY KECK)

Dated

10 December 1819

Proved

August 1820 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Daniel (son); George Keck (son); David Keck (son); Sally (unmarried daughters; unmarried); Caty (unmarried daughters; unmarried); Mary (married daughters; married); Elizabeth (married daughters; married); Barbara (married daughters; married); John (All my children); Henry (All my children); George (All my children); David (All my children); William (All my children)

Executors

George Keck (son); David Keck (son)

Witness

Mich’l Holt

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 579.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 90.
• 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).