Orange County Indexed
Will of James Murray
Will Book D, pages 597–598 · dated 1 March 1820 · proved May 1821
James Murray named Jennit, children and nephew James Madison Murray; William Murray and son John were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Murray (printed JAMES MURRAY)
- Dated
- 1 March 1820
- Proved
- May 1821 court
- Family named
- Jennit (wife); John Murray (son); William Murray (son); James Murray (son); Rachel Walker (daughter); Elizabeth Craig (daughter); Margaret McAdams (daughter); Mary (daughter); Walter Murray (father of nephew); James Madison Murray (nephew, son of Walter Murray)
- Executors
- William Murray (Elder); John Murray (son)
- Witnesses
- John McCawley; William Murray
- Land
- plantation
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, pages 597–598.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 94.
- 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).
