Will of James Anderson

James Anderson named his wife and five children and appointed two executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Anderson (printed JAMES ANDERSON)

Dated

13 February 1800

Proved

August 1800 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 28 August 1800
• Administration of an estate, 28 August 1800
• Estate account, 28 August 1800

Family named

Jennet (wife); John (son); William (son); Margaret (daughter); Elizabeth Clendenning (daughter); Jennet Achles (daughter)

Executors

Benjamin Roney; Samuel Mebane

Witnesses

Benjamin Roney; Samuel Mebane

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 14.
• 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).