Will of James (x) Vaughan

James Vaughan gave two children shilling legacies and left remaining property to children of his second wife; Mary Vaughan and James Walker were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Vaughan (printed JAMES (x) VAUGHAN)

Dated

26 October 1788

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Mary Vaughan (second wife); Grief Evand Vaughan (son); Susannah Selton (daughter); John Vaughan (children of second wife); Sarah (children of second wife); Peggy (children of second wife); Betsey (children of second wife); Polly (children of second wife)

Executors

Mary Vaughan; James Walker

Witnesses

Wm. Smallwood; Julius King

Money and goods

one shilling apiece

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 36.
• 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).