Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Walker, William March 24, 1769
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Source: Will Book Volume A, pages 101-102
Written: March 24, 1769
Recorded: Jul 1769
Testator: William Walker

[Will Book Volume A, page 101]
In The Name Of God Amen the 24th Day of March
[1]769 I William Walker of the County of Orange Yeom: Being Weak of Body
but in perfect mind and memory thanks be given to God therefore Calling to
Mind the Mortality of my Body Knowing that it is appointed for all
men once to Die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament
that is to say Principally, and first of all I give & Recom[m]end my Soul
into the hands of God that give it and as for my Body I recom[m]end it to
the Earth to be Buried in a Christian Like and Decent Manner to the
Discreation of my Executors, Nothing Doubting But the General Resurrec-
-tion I shall receive the Same again By the Almighty Power of God
and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God
to bless me with in this Life, I devise give and Bequeath and dispose
of the same in the following manner and form, it is my Will and
I do Order that in the first Place all my Just Debts and funeral Charges
be paid and Satisfied, And I do Order that John Robertson and John
Corry shall be my Executors~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Item I do Give and Bequeath to my well beloved wife the third of all my
Estate which is a mear and a Cow for a Steal[?] I have None~~~~
Item I do give to my well beloved Son James Walker Two Dollars.
Item I do give and bequeath to my well beloved son John Walker
Ten Pounds he Received in Pensalvania[sic] and Twenty Pounds in
North Carolina and what Cattel he Received~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Item I do give and bequeath to my well beloved sons William
Abraham & Alexand[er] Equal divide of all the Money and Chattles
att my Decease the place that William Lived on is his one only
The one half of the said Tract the East end belongeth to Abraham
and the tract on Hogan's Creek Belongeth to Alexander
Signed:                              his
                             William (W) Walker
                                    mark
Witnesses:
John Correy (Jur.)       }
        her              }
Shusana (T) Corry        }
       mark              }

[Will Book Volume A, page 102]

Orange County   }
July Court 1769 }  The Execution of the within
Will is Proved in Open Court by John Corry one
of the Subscribing Witnesses thereto, and Ordered to
be Recorded.            Teste    F. Nash C.C.

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume A, pages 101-102
Recorded Jul 1769

The "(W)" and the "(T)" within the signatures
appear to be these persons' respective marks rather than middle
initials.

"In Pensalvania" may refer to money in that state's currency.

No loose will found.

No estate papers found.