Will of James Newlin

James Newlin allocated lands among sons and named Deborah and daughters; sons John and Thomas and brother Nathaniel were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Newlin (printed JAMES NEWLIN), farmer

Dated

9 September 1813

Proved

February 1814 court

Family named

Deborah (wife); John (son); Thomas (son); Nathaniel (son); William (son); Jonathan (son); Deborah (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Mary (daughter); Ruth (daughter); Hannah (daughter); Nathaniel (brother)

Executors

John (son); Thomas (son); Nathaniel (brother)

Witnesses

Jeremiah Hubbard; Margaret Hubbard

Land

land on which I now live on the N. Side of Cane Creek; approximately 350 acres; my place over the creek ... 200 acres ... known by the name of Wait’s place; plantation known by name of Waugh’s place; tract of land I lately purchased of Robert Green; my lot in Haywood

Places

N. Side of Cane Creek; Wait’s place; Waugh’s place; Haywood

Also named

Robert Green (land seller)

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 401–404.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 59.
• 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).