Will of James (x) Carrell

James Carrell named wife Polly, children, and grandson James McColum, left land and small sums, and appointed William Brewer executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James (x) Carrell (printed JAMES (x) CARRELL)

Dated

8 March 1842

Proved

May 1842 court

Family named

Polly (wife); Lemuel (son); John (son); Dixon (son); William (son); William Brewer (son); Ellin (youngest daughter; under age); Candis (my nine children); Cinthy (my nine children); Martha (my nine children); Elizabeth (my nine children); James McColum (grandson)

Executor

William Brewer (son)

Witnesses

James Reaves; Calvin Carrell

Money and goods

$2

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 136.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 196.
• 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).