Orange County Indexed
Will of James Pyle
Will Book E, page 40 · dated 15 April 1820 · proved August 1823
James Pyle named Sarah and descendants and left cash and property; William Matkins and William Brinkley were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Pyle (printed JAMES PYLE)
- Dated
- 15 April 1820
- Proved
- August 1823 court
- Family named
- Sarah (wife); Isaac (son); Caleb (son); William (son); John (son); Joseph (son); Mary Whittenton (daughter); Rachel Cooke (daughter); Henry Pyle (son of Caleb); Moses Pyle (son of Isaac); Garrett Pyle (son of John); Rebecca Pyle (great-granddaughter; under 21)
- Executors
- William Matkins; William Brinkley
- Witnesses
- Thomas Brown; James Danieley
- Money and goods
- $5 each; $50
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 40.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 106.
- 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).
