Will of Thomas Clark

Thomas Clark named wife Susanna, three daughters and three sons, mentioned Broad River land, and appointed James Carson and James Carr Jr. executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Clark (printed THOMAS CLARK), Yoeman

Dated

25 November 1780

Proved

August 1781 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the probate as November 1781. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Susanna (wife); Susannah Clark (wife); Thomas (son); William (son); Abner Clark (son; youngest, a minor); Sarah Clark (daughter); Mary Clark (daughter); Catherine Clark (daughter); William Clark (father to Susannah Clark; deceased)

Executors

James Carson; James Carr, Jr.

Witnesses

Wm. Strain; John Ray; Wm. Williams

Land

land situated on Broad River, S.C.

Money and goods

that legacy that William Clark deceased Father to Susannah Clark did bequeath to me at his decease.

Places

Broad River, S.C.

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 226.
• 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).