Will of Elizabeth (x) Walker

Elizabeth Walker provided for her sisters, Andrew Walker, and children of John and William Picket.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Elizabeth (x) Walker (printed ELIZABETH (x) WALKER)

Dated

5 December 1829

Proved

February 1830 court

Family named

Margaret McCullay (sister); Nancy Byrd (sister)

Also left something

Andrew Walker; Juliann; John Quincy; Joseph; Lucrecey; William; Vicey Byrd

Executor

James Forest (worthy friend)

Witnesses

Thomas Lynch; James Forest; John Forest

Also named

John Picket; William Picket (deceased)

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 211.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 136.
• 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).