Orange County Indexed
Will of James Leathers
Will Book F, pages 253–255 · dated 24 February 1844 · proved February 1845
James Leathers provided for wife Elizabeth and named children, land, and executors John and Moses Leathers.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Leathers (printed JAMES LEATHERS)
- Dated
- 24 February 1844
- Proved
- February 1845 court
- A second reading
- Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 24 July 1844 and the probate as May 1845. Check the will book to settle it.
- Family named
- Elizabeth (wife); John Leathers (son); William Leathers (son); Moses Leathers (son); Kintchin Leathers (son); John (son); Elizabeth (daughter; single); Sally (my daughter); Patsey Holloway (my children; wife of James Holloway); Edney Green (my children; wife of William Green); Zachariah Rhodes (who married my daughter Sally); James Holloway (husband of Patsey Holloway); William Green (husband of Edney Green)
- Executors
- John (son); Moses Leathers (son)
- Witnesses
- Harris Wilkerson; Benton Ray
- Land
- William: 200 acres joining Wm Lipscomb & others; Moses: 500 acres; Kintchin: 200 acres joining Durham Hall
- Also named
- Wm Lipscomb (joining); Durham Hall (joining)
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, pages 253–255.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 211.
- 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).
