Receipt: Jean (x) Jameson to John Ray

Jean Jameson acknowledged payment from John Ray for his administration of William Jameson’s estate on behalf of six wards.

Kind of paper

Receipt

Made by

Jean (x) Jameson

To

JOHN RAY (Administrator of William Jameson)

Guardian

Jean Jameson (Guardian of Margaret Jameson, John Jameson, Mary Jameson, Jean Jameson, William Jameson and Robert Jameson)

Witness

Andrew McBroom

Money and goods

Thirteen hundred and twenty-nine pounds, Eleven shillings and ten pence

Also named

William Jameson (estate; deceased); Margaret Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson); John Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson); Mary Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson); Jean Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson); William Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson); Robert Jameson (ward of Jean Jameson)

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 B, page 301.
• 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).
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).