Will of James Trice

James Trice named wife Sarah and relatives, provided for his unnamed father and father’s wife, and funded construction of a meeting house.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Trice (printed JAMES TRICE)

Dated

15 August 1779

Proved

August 1781 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1788 term

Family named

Sarah (wife); Edward Trice (brother); John Trice (brother); Charles Trice (nephew, son of Edward Trice my brother)

Also left something

James Trice (relationship not given); Joseph Trice (relationship not given); Loney Hunter

Executors

Edward Trice (brother); Robert Campbell

Witnesses

Robert Campbell; Abraham Massey; Richard Leigh

Money and goods

my stallion; £ 50 and my watch, etc, for building a Meeting house.

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 223.
• 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).