Orange County, NC Will Book D Page 155 JAMES BIRD..will written 24 October 1793...proved August Court 1805 no wife mentioned "Youngest son Thomas all my land I now possess" "the whole of my children saying Richard, Empson, Thomas, Sarah, Mary, Susanna, and Catherine each to share and share alike in moveable estate Exe: sons Richard BIRD and Empson BIRD Wit: Alexander MEBANE, James MEBANE Jr ********************************************************************** my note....there is no punctuation in this will, I have inserted the commas in the children's names to show that there were seven children named.