Will of James Hart

James Hart left land to Samuel, named sons, daughters, and two Strayhorn grandchildren and appointed David Hart and Catlett Campbell executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Hart (printed JAMES HART)

Dated

25 May 1835

Proved

November 1839 court

Family named

Samuel (son); David (son); William (son); James (son); John (son); Gilbert (son); Samuel (son); David Hart (son); Betsy (daughter); Miriam (daughter); Jane (daughter); Sarah Strayhorn (grandchild); James Strayhorn (grandchild)

Executors

David Hart (son); Catlett Campbell (friend)

Witnesses

A. Mivkle; John U. Kirkland

Land

land where he now lives on E side of Raleigh Rd.

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 29.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 183.
• 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).