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- Samuel James (d. 1755)
Samuel was a farmer. He died young. His will in Orange County, Virginia, dated Dec. 14, 1754, was probated February 27, 1755. He bequeathed his estate to his wife, Mildred, during her lifetime or widowhood, and directed that in case she died or remarried, his brother, Thomas James, should be executor and divide his estate among his children. His children were not named in the will.
Source: "Pioneer Families of Franklin County, Virginia" by: Marshall, Wingfield.
Mildred Talliaferro
Mildred qualified as executrix of her husband, Samuel James, with William Taliaferro her security, in the sum of one hundred pounds. (will bk. 2, pg 200). At a court held for Orange County September 23, 1754, on the motion of Mildred James, her tithables were ordered to be added to the lists. (Orange Co. Order bk. 1754-1763).
Mildred James, together with Co. George Taylor, Erasamus Taylor, Sarah Slaughter and Betty Slaughter, stood as sureties at the christening of Nicholas Taliaferro, born 30th October, 1757, son of William and Mary (Battaile) Taliaferro of "Newington on Mountain Run, Orange County, and grandson of John and Mary (Catlett) Taliaferro. (Wm. & Mary Quarterly: Vol, 1, pg. 147).
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