Will of James (x) Cozart

James Cozart named wife Sarah and minor children, mentioning four unnamed enslaved people held by James Tomison; Sarah and a court-appointed executor would act.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Cozart (printed JAMES (x) COZART)

Dated

17 December 1805

Proved

February 1806 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); Hiram Brinkley Cozart (son; under age); Hiram (son; all under age); David (son; all under age); William (son; all under age); Lively Brinklry Cozart (daughter; all under age; the three last are the youngest); Edy Brinkley Cozart (daughter; all under age; the three last are the youngest); Jemimah Cozart (daughter; all under age; the three last are the youngest); Sarah Cozart (daughter; all under age; the three last are the youngest)

Executor

Sarah (wife)

Witnesses

Alex. (x) McMullan; Rachel (x) Hopkins

Enslaved people not named

Left in the possession of James Tomison who married Charlotte four enslaved people

Land

Hiram Brinkley Cozart all my lands lying in Person Co. viz 1303 acres with the grist mill

Also named

James Tomison (who married Charlotte; possession of four unnamed enslaved people); Charlotte (married James Tomison)

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 163A.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 27.
• 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).