Will of James Miles or Miler ?

James Miles or Miler named wife Nancy Miles; no witnesses or executor were listed.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Miles or Miler ? (printed JAMES MILES or MILER ?)

Dated

As printed: “Will dated --”

Proved

Date not given

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the testator as James Miles and the probate as November 1839. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Nancy Miles (Wife)

Reading note: Maker surname MILES or MILER ?; no dates supplied.

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 41.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 184.
• 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).