Will of James Mullins or Mullon

James Mullins named James Ross as his only legatee.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Mullins or Mullon (printed JAMES MULLINS or MULLON)

Dated

25 September 1780

Proved

August 1782 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as James Mullins and the probate as May 1782. Check the will book to settle it.

In the court minutes

• Administration of an estate, August 1793 term

Also left something

James Ross (only legatee)

Witnesses

Richard Clayton; James (x) Kanady; Margaret (x) Wilson

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 249.
• 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).