Orange County Indexed
Will of James Burch
Will Book C, page 53 · dated 10 February 1794 · proved August 1795
James Burch named his wife, sons and daughters and appointed his wife and son John executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Burch (printed JAMES BURCH)
- Dated
- 10 February 1794
- Proved
- August 1795 court
- Family named
- Mary (wife); John (son); George (son); William (son); James Johnston (son); Sareh (daughter); Agnas (daughter)
- Executors
- Mary (wife); John (son)
- Witnesses
- John Kennedy; Caleb Burch; John Sloss
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 C, page 53.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
