Will of Thomas Telford

Thomas Telford named wife Elizabeth, five underage sons and two daughters, described adjoining landowners, and appointed Elizabeth and sons Robert and Hugh Telford executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Telford (printed THOMAS TELFORD)

Dated

20 October 1784

Proved

May 1785 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); Robert (son; all under age); Hugh (son; all under age); Thomas (son; all under age); William (son; under 17 years); Samuel (son; under 17 years); Robert Telford (son); Hugh Telford (son); Rosannah (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); Robert Telford (son); Hugh Telford (son)

Witnesses

David Macklin; James Moore; James Macklin

Deeds that cite this paper

Deed Book 4, page 693; Deed Book 6, page 234; Deed Book Register of Orange, line 2745

Land

Telford land is bounded by James Warnock, Samuel Smith and Cunningham Smith.

Also named

James Warnock; Samuel Smith; Cunningham Smith

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 325.
• 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).