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Orange County Indexed

Will of William McKee

Will Book E, page 32 · dated 5 October 1822 · proved February 1823

William McKee named his wife and eight children and appointed his wife and Rankin executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
William McKee (printed WILLIAM McKEE)
Dated
5 October 1822
Proved
February 1823 court
Family named
Dolly or Polly (wife); Rankin (son); James (son); William (son); David (son); Polly or Dolly McKee (daughter); Anne Wood (daughter); Victory Boring (daughter); Betsy Hargis (daughter)
Executor
Rankin (son)
Witnesses
William B. Roberson; James Murdock

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 32.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 104.
  • 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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