Will of James (x) Tate

James Tate named Margaret and children, including Margaret Tate, widow of a deceased James; sons Abner and Jesse were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Tate (printed JAMES (x) TATE)

Dated

9 February 1816

Proved

February 1816 court

Family named

Margaret (wife); Abner (son); Jesse (son); Joel (son); Robert (son); Susannah (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Alse (daughter); Margaret (daughter)

Also left something

Margaret Tate (widow of James Tate deceased)

Executors

Abner (son); Jesse (son)

Witnesses

D. Bradford, Sr.; James McCrory

Also named

James Tate (husband of Margaret Tate; deceased)

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 459.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 68.
• 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).