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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas (x) James

Will Book E, page 268 · dated 15 February 1832 · proved February 1832

Thomas James named wife Elizabeth and unnamed children, including three sons, and appointed James Rhodes executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas (x) James (printed THOMAS (x) JAMES)
Dated
15 February 1832
Proved
February 1832 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife)
Executor
James Rhodes (worthy friend)
Witnesses
Silas M. Link; Wm'son Burton

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 268.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 146.
  • 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).
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