Will of James Guthrie

James Guthrie named his wife, eight children and six grandsons and appointed two executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Guthrie (printed JAMES GUTHRIE)

Dated

1 November 1800

Proved

May 1801 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); James Guthrie (son); Robert Guthrie (son); Ann (my four oldest daughters); Mary (my four oldest daughters); Margaret (my four oldest daughters); Martha (my four oldest daughters); Jean Guthrie (daughter); Elizabeth Guthrie (daughter; youngest); James (grandson, sons of James Guthrie); Robert Guthrie (grandson, sons of James Guthrie); James Shanon (grandson); James Barnett (grandson); James Forrest (grandson); James Mimenemy ? (McManamy ?) (grandson)

Executors

David Mitchell (trusty friend); Isaac Raney (trusty friend)

Witnesses

Wm. McManamy; Jno. Sanders

Reading note: Grandsons surname printed once after Robert; source questions James Mimenemy ? (McManamy ?).

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 40.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 4.
• 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).