Will of James Whitted

James Whitted named pregnant Attelia and son Nash and appointed James Webb executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Whitted (printed JAMES WHITTED)

Dated

22 February 1817

Proved

May 1817 court

In the court minutes

• Guardianship, May 1817 term
• Will proved, May 1817 term
• Administration of an estate, May 1817 term

Family named

Attelia (wife; is pregnant); Nash Whitted (son)

Executor

James Webb (friend)

Witnesses

James Phillips; William I. Nash

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 505.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 76.
• 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).