Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Whitted, James February 22, 1817
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume D, page 505
Written: February 22, 1817
Recorded: May 1817
Testator: James Whitted

    In the name of God Amen I James Whitted
of the Town of Hillsboro, being weak in body but of
sound mind blessed be God therefor, do my make & pub
-lish this as my last will & testament ~~~~

I give unto my beloved wife Attelia Whitted my
negro man Virgil

Secondly my will & desire is that all the residue of
My property of every Kind & description be sold
by my Executors hereinafte[r] named & the proceeds
to be equally divided between my said wife
Attelia my son Nash Whitted & the child with
which she is now pregnant ~~~

I constitute my friends James Webb & F. Nash Executors
of this my will ~~

Signed sealed & published     }
in presence of us this 22 day }     James Whitted (seal)
of February AD 1817 ~~~       }
                              }
James Phillips                }
William J Nash    Jurat
                        Exrs qualified

[Will Book Volume D, page 505]
In the name of God. Amen. I James Whitted of
the town of Hillsborough being weak in body but of sound
mind blessed be God therefor; do my make and publish this as
my last Will and Testament ~~~~ I give unto my be
=loved wife Attellia Whitted my negro man Virgil

Secondly my Will and desire is that all the residue of my
property of every Kind & description be sold by my executors
hereinafter named, and the proceeds to be equally divided
between my said wife Attelia my son Nash Whitted and
the child with which she is now pregnant ~~~~~~~

I constitute my friends James Webb & F. Nash Executors of this my
Will

Signed sealed & published in presence   }
of us this 22nd day of February AD 1817 }      James Whitted (seal)
James Phillips                          }
William J Nash

Orange County May Term 1817
The Execution of the foregoing last Will & Testament of James
Whitted decd. was duly proved in Open Court by the oath of
William J Nash one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto and
ordered to be recorded at the same time the Executors therein
named qualified accordingly
                        Test.

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume D, page 505
Recorded May 1817

Estate Papers comprise 238 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Whitted, James (1817)"  Children of testator: Mary Tarmesia and William Nash Whitted

Testator, Joseph Dickey and Chesley F. Faucett formed a co-partnership to carry on trade in merchandisers called Joseph Dickey & Company in November 1815.  This partnership continued until the testator died in Mar 1817.  One location of the business was Bruce's Crossroads in Guilford County, North Carolina.  The other half of the concern was run directly by Chesley F. Faucett in his house in Orange County.  It was also located at Wayneck's Crossroads.

The widow appears to have felt cheated and pursued justice in the courts.  This produced a great deal of documentation, petitions, complaints, answers, etc, hence the number of pages in this packet of Estate Papers.

[Estate Papers - Inventory 8 Apr 1817]
An Inventory of the Person Estate of James Whitted
Deceased taken this 8 day of April 1817

1 Negro woman Phebe & Child Maria
1 Boy Stephen 1 Negro Man Virgil[?]
1 Girl Ann    1 Negro Boy Henry

[Estate Papers - Estate Sale 18 Apr 1817]
An Account of the Sale of the Estate of
James Whitted (Ded) April 18 1817

[sundry articles omitted]
1 Negro Girl Ann        Samuel Bigelow        363.50
1 Boy Stephen           Wm Whitted Senr       600.00
1 Negro Woman & Child   Mrs Attelia Whitted   400.00