Will of Stephen Scarlett

Stephen Scarlett named Sally, seven daughters and two sons; Sally and James were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Stephen Scarlett (printed STEPHEN SCARLETT)

Dated

6 July 1817

Proved

August 1817 court

Family named

Sally (wife); James Scarlett (son; youngest); John Scarlett (son; eldest); James (son); Rachel Scarlett (daughter; unmarried); Cynthia Scarlett (daughter; unmarried); Elizabeth Cain (7 daughters); Mary Latta (7 daughters); Sally Latta (7 daughters); Jane Latta (7 daughters); Susannah Cole (7 daughters)

Executors

Sally (wife); James (son)

Witnesses

William Lewis; Henry Bunch; Abraham (x) Crabtree

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 510.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 77.
• 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).