Will : Halifax County, N.C., 1801 August.

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Will : Halifax County, N.C., 1801 August.

Record is a typed transcript of the will dated February 22, 1798 and codicils of Willie Jones of Halifax Co., N.C. The will disposes of subtantial real and personal property, including slaves by name. Jones records the birthdates of his surving children as a part of his will.

10 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6729661

Library of Virginia

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Jones, Willie, 1741-1801

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Willie Jones (May 25, 1741 – June 18, 1801) was an American planter and statesman from Halifax County, North Carolina. He represented North Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780. In 1774, 1775 and 1776, Jones was elected to represent either the county of Halifax or the town of Halifax in the North Carolina Provincial Congress. For a brief time in 1776, as the head of North Carolina's centralized Council of Safety, he was the head of the state's revolutionary government. R...

Jones family.

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