Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Collins, James December 4, 1762 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Will Book Volume A, page 27 Written: December 4, 1762 Recorded: May 1761 Testator: James Collins [Will Book Volume A, page 27, sic, see note] James Collins on the 4th Day of December 1762 Published & Declared this to be his Will & Testament as to the the Distribution of this Estate as follow First. he Bequeath[ed] his Bed & Weding Clothes to his Eldest son James Collins, his Turning Tools to John Collins & the use of the Remainder of his Estate he Bequeathed [Will Book Volume A, page 27, sic, see note] to his Wife During her Life for her Maintenance the Remainder to his Eldest son James Collins Published & pronounced in the } Presence of Elizabeth Collins } May Inferior Court 1782 Proved by Oath of the above named Elizabeth Collins Certified Test James Collins[sic] C.C. Additional Comments: Will Book Volume A, page 27 Recorded May 1761 Note: there are three consecutive pages numbered "27" No loose will found. No estate papers found.