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Orange County Indexed

Will of Nathaniel King, Sr.

Will Book E, page 61 · dated 2 March 1824 · proved August 1824

Nathaniel King named Sally and children and directed equal division among living children; Sally and sons Nathaniel and William were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Nathaniel King, Sr. (printed NATHANIEL KING, SR.)
Dated
2 March 1824
Proved
August 1824 court
Family named
Sally (wife); Thomas (son); Nathaniel (son); William (son); Polly (daughter); Sally (daughter); Fanny (daughter)
Executors
Sally (wife); Nathaniel (son); William (son)
Witnesses
John Adams; John McCauley; N. I. King

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 61.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 110.
  • 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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