Will of James Shaw

James Shaw named an unnamed wife, children, Betsy Shaw, and grandson James Shaw; James Dixon and nephew Wm. Shaw were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Shaw (printed JAMES SHAW)

Dated

24 January 1803

Proved

May 1803 court

Family named

Joseph (son); William Shaw (son); Fanny (daughter); James Shaw (my grandson; son of Levi); Wm. Shaw (my nephew)

Also left something

Betsy Shaw (daughter of William Shaw (son of Sam’l))

Executors

James Dixon (trusty friend); Wm. Shaw (my nephew)

Witnesses

Daniel Turrentine; Samuel White

Also named

William Shaw (father of Betsy Shaw; son of Sam’l); Sam'l (father of William Shaw); Levi (father of James Shaw)

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 D, page 100.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 16.
• 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).