Will of James (x) Watson, Sr.

James Watson named Margaret, eight children, three grandchildren and sister-in-law Elleanor; Margaret and son-in-law John Combs were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Watson, Sr. (printed JAMES (x) WATSON, SR.)

Dated

14 July 1813

Proved

August 1813 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); Helen Riley (my eight children); James Watson (my eight children); Rebecca Watson (my eight children); Elizabeth Comb (my eight children); Andrew Watson (my eight children); Nancy Watson (my eight children); John Watson (my eight children); Robert Watson (my eight children); Washington Riley (three children of Helen Riley); Elizabeth Riley (three children of Helen Riley); Rachel Riley (three children of Helen Riley); Elleanor Witted (?) (sister-in-law); John Combs (son-in-law)

Executors

Margaret (wife); John Combs (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Abner Bailiff; John Dockery

Reading note: Elleanor Witted (?) questioned on page.

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 381.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 56.
• 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).