Orange County Indexed
Will of James Jackson, Sr.
Will Book E, page 22 · dated 6 August 1821 · proved November 1822
James Jackson named sons and daughters, left plantation interests to Elizabeth and Tuth, and appointed Elizabeth Jackson executrix.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Jackson, Sr. (printed JAMES JACKSON, SR.)
- Dated
- 6 August 1821
- Proved
- November 1822 court
- Family named
- William (son); Jacob (son); James Jackson (son); Susannah Latta (daughter); Mary Cloud (daughter); Sarah Cloud (daughter); Elizabeth Jackson (daughter); Tuth Jackson (daughter)
- Executor
- Elizabeth Jackson (daughter)
- Witnesses
- Wm. Nichols, Sr.; Abner Jackson; Bradley Collins
- Land
- plantation where Abner Jackson now lives
- Money and goods
- $5 each; $10 each
- Also named
- Abner Jackson (plantation resident)
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 22.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 102.
- 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).
