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Orange County Indexed

Will of Alexander Walker

Will Book E, page 331 · dated 13 February 1834 · proved February 1835

Alexander Walker named brothers, Margaret Walker, Samuel Crawford, and John Walker and appointed brother Conoly Walker executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Alexander Walker (printed ALEXANDER WALKER)
Dated
13 February 1834
Proved
February 1835 court
Family named
Conoley Walker (brother); James Walker (brother); Philip Walker (brother); Conoly Walker (brother)
Also left something
Margaret Walker (widow of William Walker); Samuel Crawford; John Walker
Executor
Conoly Walker (brother)
Witnesses
C. F. Faacette; Robert Fausett
Money and goods
$1
Also named
William Walker

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 331.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 157.
  • 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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