Will of Armour King, Sr.

Armour King named wife Rach, sons, daughters, and granddaughter Mary and made several small legacies; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Armour King, Sr. (printed ARMOUR KING, SR.)

Dated

19 April 1834

Proved

November 1844 court

Family named

Rach (wife); Jennison or Jeremiah (son); Armer (son); Samuel (son); Henry (son); Garrison (son); Elender (daughter); Margret (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Rachel (daughter); Nancy (daughter); Mary (daughter); Mary (granddaughter daughter of Elender)

Witnesses

Jas Lover ?; Jas McCray

Money and goods

$2; $2 each

Reading note: Son Jennison or Jeremiah and witness Jas Lover ? printed.

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 F, page 235.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 209.
• 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).