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The most significant records collected relating to JAMES FOY, SR concern his
military record during the American Revolutionary War. Information from
those records and news items concerning the war and the battles JAMES fought
in will be discussed in the next chapter.

Much about a persons life can be learned from reading his will. Below is a copy
of the beginning paragraph of JAMES FOY, SR’s will as it appears on official
North Carolina records. It is not the writing of JAMES FOY, SR or even a
member of his family or a friend. It is, however, a copy of a portion of his will as
contained in official records in North Carolina.

There was no carbon paper, no typewriter, no copy machine, or any other
method of reproducing documents at the time JAMES’ will was filed with the
courts for probate. All filed documents were copied by hand and, thus, became
a part of the official court records. The handwriting seen below is probably that

of a civil servant of the court. I got a copy of the complete will of JAMES FOY,
SR from microfilm at the Mormon Genealogical Library in Salt Lake City,
Utah.

T H E
WILL
O F
J A M
E S
FOY,
SR:

Ch. 9 Pg. 4