Orange County Indexed
Will of James (x) Miller
Will Book D, page 594 · dated 8 December 1820 · proved February 1821
James Miller left plantations to his unnamed wife and sons and named daughters; William Miller and Rachel Miller were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James (x) Miller (printed JAMES (x) MILLER)
- Dated
- 8 December 1820
- Proved
- February 1821 court
- Family named
- William (son); Jesse (son); John (son); George (son); William Miller (son); Susan (daughter); Jane (daughter); Lydia (daughter); Polly (daughter); Rebeckah (daughter)
- Executors
- William Miller (son); Rachel Miller
- Witnesses
- James Williams; John Riley; Joseph Latta
- Land
- plantation I now live on; the plantation I bought of the Widow Trice; 200 acres joining Robert Walker and others
- Also named
- Trice (land seller; Widow); Robert Walker (adjoining owner)
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 594.
- 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).
