I looked at two boxes at the Archives:
"DUPLIN COUNTY ESTATES RECORDS, NO DATE, 1752-1930 
Jackson - James, Nicanor C.R.035.508.43"
and
"DUPLIN COUNTY ESTATES RECORDS, NO DATE, 1752-1930 
JAMES, RICHARD - JERNAGAN, ELIZABETH C.R.035.508.44"

The folders are
James, Barbara 1860
James, D.H. 1910
James, David 1891
James, Grizzeal 1817
James, Isaac 1855
James, Isaac 1891
James, J.L. ca.1907
James, Jacob 1911
James, James 1798
James, John 1916
James, John J. 1855
James, Mary 1831
James, Nicanor 1848
James, Richard n.d.
James, Richard 1756
James, Robert 1915
James, Sena 1891
James, Thomas 1797

I looked thru the folders up to 1831 and find Thomas James 1797 to be the 
best match as husband of Elizabeth James.
She was administrator, bought the most from the estate sale.
They had five daughters. There were lots of papers in the folder. Several 
papers concern the division of slaves among the widow and children. I don’t 
think I saw any paper describing land. Thomas Kenan and Daniel Love Kenan 
were among the guardians of the children. One paper was expense list and I 
see two payments to Sam West but not clear what for. When I saw the Kenan 
name, I decided to check the Kenan family book as I am already familar with it. 
Sure enough there is a page discussing Thomas James and his wife Elizabeth 
Hinton. No mention of West tho. Daniel Love Kenan ended up marrying two of 
the James daughters. Elizabeth Hinton first married a Rand, then as a widow 
married Thomas James.




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