Will of James Mebane

James Mebane left plantations and Tennessee acreage to his wife and children and ordered remaining lands sold.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Mebane (printed JAMES MEBANE)

Dated

15 May 1807

Proved

August 1807 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 18 May 1807. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Alexander (son); George (son); Robert (son); William (son); Allen (son); Nathaniel (son); James (son); Elizabeth (daughter); Jenny (daughter); Nancy (daughter); Polley (daughter); Peggy (daughter); David Mebane (brother)

Executors

David Mebane (brother); James Mebane; John Thompson

Witnesses

Samuel Nelson; John Nelson; Edward Willson

Land

200 acres in the State of Tennessee on the waters of Harpeth where he now lives; 200 acres in Tennessee on waters of Harper; 2000 acres in Tennessee in Jackson County; home plantation

Places

State of Tennessee; waters of Harpeth; waters of Harper; Jackson County; Orange Co., N.C.

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, pages 201–203.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 33.
• 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).