Orange County Indexed
Will of James Craig, Sr.
Will Book E, page 146 · dated 10 June 1827 · proved August 1827
James Craig left plantations to sons John and James and named his wife, daughter Ann, and son William.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Craig, Sr. (printed JAMES CRAIG, SR.)
- Dated
- 10 June 1827
- Proved
- August 1827 court
- Family named
- Ellen (wife); John M. Craig (son); James A. Craig (son); William I. Craig (son); Ann Craig (daughter)
- Executor
- John McCauley
- Witnesses
- John Lewis; John M. Craig; John McCauley
- Land
- plantation after mother's death; plantation where he now lives
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 146.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 125.
- 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).
