Will of Thomas Lapslie

Thomas Lapslie named wife Charity, three sons and two daughters, devised creek lands, and appointed Charity, son Thomas and Wm. Anderson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Lapslie (printed THOMAS LAPSLIE)

Dated

21 June 1780

Proved

August 1781 court

Family named

Charity (wife); Thomas Lapslie (son); David (son; both minors); James (son; both minors); Thomas (son); Elizabeth (daughter; both minors); Charity (daughter; both minors)

Executors

Charity (wife); Thomas (son); Wm. Anderson (friend)

Witnesses

Francis Wilkinson; David Anderson; Robert Anderson

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 11, page 58; Deed Book 4, page 642; Deed Book 6, page 103; Deed Book 6, page 175; Deed Book Register of Orange, line 618

Land

on waters of Back Creek; tract he now lives on .. Dodson's Cabin

Places

Back Creek; Dodson's Cabin

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 220.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).