Orange County Indexed
Will of James (x) Davis
Will Book E, page 140 · dated 7 December 1826 · proved May 1827
James Davis named his wife and two sons and appointed Hudson N. Cave and nephew James Davis executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James (x) Davis (printed JAMES (x) DAVIS)
- Dated
- 7 December 1826
- Proved
- May 1827 court
- Family named
- Elizabeth (wife); Sampson Moore (son); James Roberson (son); James Davis (nephew)
- Executors
- Hudson N. Cave (Dr.); James Davis (nephew)
- Witnesses
- R. Henderson; Isaac Molett; Abner (x) Parry
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 E, page 140.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 124.
- 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
