Will of James Dixon

James Dixon named wife Nancy, five sons and two daughters; Nancy and Stewart were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Dixon (printed JAMES DIXON)

Dated

1 May 1789

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Nancy (wife); James (my five sons); Stewart (my five sons); Robert (my five sons); William (my five sons); Thomas (my five sons); Polly (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Executors

Nancy (wife); Stewart

Witnesses

James Freeland; Joseph Hodge

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 78.
• 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).