Will of William Pickett

William Pickett named Elizabeth and eight children and appointed Gabriel B. Lea executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Pickett (printed WILLIAM PICKETT)

Dated

26 November 1823

Proved

May 1824 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Edward (son); Joseph (son); William (son; youngest); Patsy (the whole of my children); Polly (the whole of my children); Eliza (the whole of my children); Emily (the whole of my children); Lucretia (the whole of my children)

Executor

Gabriel B. Lea

Witnesses

I. S. Smith; Elizah Pickard

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 54.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 109.
• 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).