Will of James Collins

James Collins named his wife Elizabeth and sons James and John; no executor was named.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Collins (printed JAMES COLLINS)

Dated

4 December 1762

Proved

May 1763 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife; (writing not clear)); James (son; oldest); John (son)

Witness

Elizabeth ..(?)

Reading note: Shields marks the wife's name "(writing not clear)"; the witness's surname is not given.

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 27.
• 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).