Orange County Indexed
Will of James Jackson, Sr.
Will Book E, pages 193–195 · dated 5 June 1829 · proved August 1829
James Jackson devised several tracts, named his wife and three sons, and appointed Nancy and James executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Jackson, Sr. (printed JAMES JACKSON, SR.)
- Dated
- 5 June 1829
- Proved
- August 1829 court
- Family named
- Nancy (wife); James (son); George (son); Anderson Jackson (son)
- Executors
- Nancy (wife); James (son)
- Witnesses
- Michael Ray; Thos. W. Holden
- Land
- many tracts of land
- Also named
- George Riggs Sr.; Rachel; Amos Nichols; Nancy Riggs; Levi Whitted; Jacob Jackson; Margaret Jackson; James Glenn; James; Ruth Jackson; John; Polly Collins; Carter; Catherine; Betsy; Ruth Jackson
Reading note: Several surnames are printed once after pairs: James & Ruth Jackson, John & Polly Collins, Betsy & Ruth Jackson; sons James, George and Anderson Jackson.
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, pages 193–195.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 133.
- 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).
