Will of James Melvin

James Melvin named wife Catherine, four sons, and four daughters, directed John’s education, and appointed Elias and Boston Iseley executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Melvin (printed JAMES MELVIN)

Dated

19 October 1836

Proved

November 1836 court

Family named

Catherine (wife); Louis (son); James (son); Elias (son); John (son; to be educated); Mary (four daughters); Elizabeth (four daughters); Nancy (four daughters); Matilda (four daughters)

Executors

Elias (son); Boston Iseley

Witnesses

Julius S. Bracken; Christian Iseley; James Melvin, Jr.

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 395.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 169.
• 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).