Will of James Hastings

James Hastings named five sons and five daughters and appointed sons Thomas and Henry executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Hastings (printed JAMES HASTINGS)

Dated

25 October 1822

Proved

November 1822 court

Family named

Thomas (son); Henry (son); James (youngest sons); John (youngest sons); Joseph (youngest sons); Easter Cate (daughter); Nance Smith (daughter); Sarah Hastings (daughter); Hannah Smith (daughter); Margaret Lashley (daughter)

Executors

Thomas (son); Henry (son)

Witnesses

A. Watson; Joseph H. Latta

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 29.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 104.
• 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).