Will of James Wilson

James Wilson named Henrietta and descendants, allocated property and land, and appointed Henrietta and Samuel Turrentine executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Wilson (printed JAMES WILSON)

Dated

12 July 1812

Proved

May 1825 court

Family named

Henrietta (wife); Samuel (son); William (son); Hiram (son); James (son); John D. Wilson (son; both under age); George Wilson (son; both under age); Dicey (daughter); Sally (daughter); Henrietta (daughter); Jean (daughter); Dradeyann (?) (my deceased daughter; deceased); Archelaus (All my children); John D (All my children); Nancy (All my children); Polly (All my children); Jeane (All my children); Mariah (daughter of my deceased daughter Dradeyann); James Turrentine (son-in-law)

Executors

Henrietta (wife); Samuel Turrentine

Witnesses

S. Turrentine; Alex. Turrentine; Arch. Turrentine

Land

my plantation

Money and goods

a colt; small colt; $1

Also named

Thomas Clancy (Proved by oaths); William Hall (Proved by oaths); Samuel Turrentine (handwriting attested); Alex Turrentine (handwriting attested)

Reading note: Dradeyann (?) questioned; grouped full and partial names retained without adding surnames.

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 81.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 114.
• 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).