Will of Joseph Kirkland, Sr.

Joseph Kirkland named son Joseph King, daughters, and grandchildren and appointed Charles W. Johnston and Joseph Kirkland executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Kirkland, Sr. (printed JOSEPH KIRKLAND, SR.)

Dated

1 November 1833

Proved

May 1841 court

Family named

Joseph King (son); William (son; deceased); Ann King (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Jinney Strayhorn (daughter); Samuel Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Joseph Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Johnston Kirkland (children of deceased son William); William (children of deceased son William); John Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Peggy Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Betsy Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Isabel Kirkland (children of deceased son William); Margaret King (granddaughter); Jinney King (granddaughter); Mary (grandchild); Peggy (grandchild); Patsy Craig (grandchild)

Executors

Charles W. Johnston; Joseph Kirkland

Witnesses

Alex. Gattis; C. W. Johnston; Thomas Gattis

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 89.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 191.
• 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).