Will of Jesse Rice

Jesse Rice named wife Elizabeth and appointed her and friend James Walker executors; no witnesses were listed.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jesse Rice (printed JESSE RICE), of Wake County, N.C.

Dated

1 January 1798

Proved

November 1803 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 1 December 1803
• Estate account, 28 February 1804
• Deed proved, August 1806 term

Family named

Elizabeth (wife)

Executors

Elizabeth (my wife); James Walker (my friend)

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 111.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 18.
• 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).