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Orange County Indexed

Will of George Keek or Keck ?

Will Book F, page 72 · dated 5 October 1840 · proved November 1840

George Keek or Keck named wife Polly, son George Alexander, and unnamed children and appointed Polly and William A Carrigan executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
George Keek or Keck ? (printed GEORGE KEEK or KECK ?)
Dated
5 October 1840
Proved
November 1840 court
Family named
Polly (wife); George Alexander (son)
Executors
Polly (wife); William A Carrigan
Witnesses
Jonathan Job; John C. Troxler

Reading note: Maker surname KEEK or KECK ? as 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 72.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 189.
  • 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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