Will of Jesse (x) James, Sr.

Jesse James left wife Elizabeth a tract, named son Thomas and other heirs, and appointed James Latta executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Jesse (x) James, Sr. (printed JESSE (x) JAMES, SR.)

Dated

13 April 1841

Proved

November 1841 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Thomas James (son)

Also left something

William James (Other heirs); Milly Redmon (Other heirs); Sarah Rhodes (Other heirs); George James (Other heirs); Elizabeth Dollar (Other heirs); Jesse James (Other heirs); Rebecca Rhodes (Other heirs); Russell James (Other heirs); Riley James (Other heirs); Polly Baldwin (Other heirs)

Executor

James Latta, Sr. (trusty friend)

Witnesses

Silas M. Link; John Holloway, Jr.

Land

tract whereon I now live

Money and goods

$1

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 F, page 110.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 193.
• 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).