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Orange County Indexed

Will of Philip Walker, Sr.

Will Book E, page 109 · dated 5 March 1826 · proved May 1826

Philip Walker named sons, daughters and daughter-in-law Peggy and appointed son Connerly Walker executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Philip Walker, Sr. (printed PHILIP WALKER, SR.)
Dated
5 March 1826
Proved
May 1826 court
Family named
James (son); Alexander (son); Conley (son); John (son); Philip (son); Connerly Walker (son); Jinney (daughter); Mary Crawford (daughter); Peggy Walker (daughter-in-law)
Executor
Connerly Walker (son)
Witnesses
Thomas Reeves; Ralph Faucett

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 E, page 109.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 120.
  • 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
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