Sampson County NcArchives Wills.....King, John D. 1834
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Source: Alabama Wills & Probate Records
Written: 1834

Last Will and Testament of John D. King
Alabama Wills & Probate Records
Book A, P. 99 - 101
Dallas County, Alabama
     Having determined to settle a controversy that has been long standing, and 
knowing that my life must be in jeopardy I have thought best to give to my 
friends the necessary instruction how to how to arrange my worldly affairs. It is 
my will and desire that they that they will take this as my last will and 
testament. First I give to my brother William R. King all the land purchased in 
my name in the State of Alabama with the exception of the northeast quarter of 
Section 10 Township 15 on Range ten which I give to my brother Thomas D. King. To 
my beloved relative Thomas K. Kornegay I give a certian tract of land in Florida 
near Talahasse Viz Section five Township one Range One south and east with the 
exception of the East half of the North E quarter. To my freind Jame G. Cowan I 
give my interest in the Selma Ferry and a negro fellow by the name of Luck. To 
the hiers of my friend John King and Edmund Vann of North Carolina I give all my 
lands in the County of Sampson and State of North Carolina to be equally divided 
between the two families until the youngest children becomes of age then to be 
divided between the several heirs by selling the land for division. It is my will 
and desire that my brother William R. King apportion to my sister T. kornegay 
land for a residence and have her a comfortable frame house put on the same, the 
land is now unimproved she having the sixteenth say 50 acres more or less. It is 
my will that all my negroes with the exception of Relia and her four youngest 
children be kept on the farm and the proceeds taken by my brother William R. King 
and my debts what they are paid. Relia and her children are to be sent to my 
relative William G. Parrish which is to be valued to him as his part of my 
estate. To my nephew William S Parrish I give a negro boy by the name of 
Demond(?) and a girl by the name of Henryetta. To to the Heirs of my sister 
Margaret Beck I give one thousand dollars in money. To my relative Catherine 
Parrish I give in right of her mother I give one hundred dollars in money. To my 
nephew Thomas K. Kornegay I give Law and his wife Lucy and their two children and 
Ben. To my sister Helen L. King I give Sikes his wife and children. To my brother 
Thomas D. King I give Mehely(?) Zilph and Peter - The rest of my negroes I give 
to my brother William R. King when the Estate is settled together with my stock 
of every kind. And I do hereby Constitute and appoint William R. King and Thomas 
K. Beck my executors and to enforce the same for which for which I do give my 
nephew Thos K. Beck five hundred dollars to paid him by my brother William R. 
King when the estate is settled. Have gotten through to my God I commit my soul 
this 27th July 1832.
The State of Alabama Dallas County Personally appeared in open Court Alanson 
Saltmarsh who being duly sworn deposeth saith, that the foregoing hereto attached 
instrument was found amongst the valuable of the late John D. King after his 
decease, that the same was sealed up and directed to William R. King and 
represented to be his last will and testament. And this deponent further states 
that the envelope which enclosed the last will and testament was broken open in 
the presence of him the said deponent and Thomas K. Kornegay and Horace Ward who 
also deposeth to all the foregoing facts. And these deponents further say that 
they are well aquainted with the handwriting of the of the said John D. King and 
that the said will is in his the said testators own handwriting, and that the 
same is signed in his on proper handwriting. 
Sworn to & subscribed in open Court before me this 10th day of September 1833. 
Signed A. Saltmarsh & H. Ward
James D. Craig Clk
The foregoing will of J. D. King was proved & ordered to be recorded see minutes 
C page 66 Recorded 2 Oct 1834 James D. Craig, ClK 

Additional Comments:
John D. King, son of William and Margaret DeVane King, and brother to V.P. William 
R. King. John was born in Sampson County, North Carolina and died in Dallas County,
Alabama.

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