Will of James Faucette

James Faucette named Susannah and married daughters, mentioned unnamed unmarried daughters, and appointed friends to execute the will and manage property.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Faucette (printed JAMES FAUCETTE)

Dated

18 July 1801

Proved

May 1811 court

Family named

Susannah (wife); Rachel Faucett (daughter); Margaret Woods (daughter); Mary Watham (daughter); Lucy Smith (daughter); Nathan Woods (husband of daughter); Charles Wortham (husband of daughter); William Smith (husband of daughter)

Executors

Robert Faucett (well beloved friends); Mathew Woods (well beloved friends); Charles Watham (well beloved friends); James Latta (well beloved friends)

Witnesses

A. Tatom; George Anderson; Dun. Cameron

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 309–311.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 46.
• 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).