Will of Robert King

Robert King named son Benjamin, daughters, and daughter Foster’s heirs and appointed Robert Faucett and James Grahams executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Robert King (printed ROBERT KING)

Dated

30 April 1835

Proved

August 1837 court

Family named

Benjamin King (son); Foster (my daughter); Rebecca Walker (daughter wife of Philip Walker); Nancy Wallis (daughter wife of Peter Wallis); Sally Barber (daughter); Clarecy Faucett (daughter wife of Robert Faucett); Philip Walker; Peter Wallis; Robert Faucett

Executors

Robert Faucett (son-in-law); James Grahams (friend)

Witnesses

William Barber; Nathan Findley

Money and goods

$1

In the paper’s words

“aged and infirm”

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 420.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 174.
• 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).