Orange County Indexed
Will of James Watson
Will Book A, page 202 · dated 5 December 1776 · proved August 1777
James Watson named son James, daughter Helen Reed and nine grandchildren; four executors were appointed, and William Courtney proved the will.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Watson (printed JAMES WATSON)
- Dated
- 5 December 1776
- Proved
- August 1777 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- James (son); James Watson (son); Helen Reed (daughter; wife of William Reed); James Reed (grandson); Robert Reed (grandson); William Reed (grandson); Watson Reed (grandson); James Watson (grandson); ....?... Reed (granddaughter); Helen Watson (granddaughter); Rebecca Watson (granddaughter); ...?.. Watson (granddaughter); William Reed (wife of)
- Executors
- James Watson (son); William Johnston; James Morris; Nathaniel Rochester
- Also named
- William Courtney (Will proved by)
Reading note: Two granddaughter given names illegible in abstract: ....?... Reed and ...?.. Watson. No witnesses stated; William Courtney proved the will.
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 A, page 202.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
- 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 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
