Will of James Wilkinson

James Wilkinson provided for Susannah to raise and school their children; Susannah and William Wilkinson were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Wilkinson (printed JAMES WILKINSON)

Dated

24 July 1817

Proved

May 1818 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 29 May 1818
• Administration of an estate, 29 May 1818
• Estate account, 29 May 1818

Family named

Susannah (wife); James (son; both under age); William (son; both under age); Cata (daughter); Patsa (daughter); Sysannah Wilkinson (daughter)

Executors

Susannah (wife); William Wilkinson

Witnesses

Samuel Madden; Joseph Ray

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 526.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 80.
• 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).