Orange County Indexed
Will of James (x) Roberts
Will Book D, page 592 · dated 15 July 1820 · proved February 1821
James Roberts left his estate to his unnamed wife, then land to James and Ellis; William and Lewis Roberts were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James (x) Roberts (printed JAMES (x) ROBERTS)
- Dated
- 15 July 1820
- Proved
- February 1821 court
- Family named
- James (two youngest sons); Ellis (two youngest sons)
- Executors
- William Roberts; Lewis Roberts
- Witnesses
- Nathaniel Harris; Matthew (x) Ellis
- Land
- land
- Money and goods
- 10¢
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 592.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 93.
- 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).
