Will of James Foraster

James Foraster left land to four sons and his son-in-law John Manning; his wife Ann was executrix.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

James Foraster (printed JAMES FORASTER)

Dated

5 September 1755

Proved

December 1755 court

Family named

Ann (wife); William (son); James (son); Benjamin (son); Thomas (son); John Manning (son-in-law)

Executor

Ann (wife)

Witnesses

Pat McCulloch; Hugh Wood

Land

land on Eno River; my plantation

Places

Eno River

Also named

James Watson (Clerk of Court)

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

• Known from J. Bryan Grimes’s North Carolina will abstracts, page 124, as Shields gives it.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966), page 4.