Will of James Elliott

James Elliott left lands to William Elliott, who was to care for his unnamed wife, and gave small sums to other legatees.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Elliott (printed JAMES ELLIOTT)

Dated

4 October 1799

Proved

May 1803 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as February 1804. Check the will book to settle it.

Also left something

William Elliott; John Murray; William Carter; James ..ad; Thomas Blak; William Pasmore

Executor

William Elliott

Witnesses

John Murray; David Pasmore

Land

all my lands on Franchbord(French Broad ?) on James River on Haw River on Canocogy ? Creek in Pennsylvania

Money and goods

Two shillings each

Places

Franchbord(French Broad ?); James River; Haw River; Canocogy ? Creek; Pennsylvania

Reading note: Place readings questioned; legatee James ..ad has incomplete surname printed.

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 292.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 44.
• 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).