Will of Richard Hopson

Richard Hopson named wife Elizabeth, three sons, two daughters and three sons-in-law; Elizabeth and John Jenkins were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Richard Hopson (printed RICHARD HOPSON)

Dated

12 December 1786

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Elizabeth Hopson (Wife); Elizabeth (wife); Younger Hopson (son); Martin Hopson (son); Daniel Hopson (son); Sarah Hopson (daughter); Mary Hopson (daughter); Ephriam Barcor (son-in-law); Isaac Kirk (son-in-law); William Baucom (son-in-law)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); John Jenkins

Witnesses

Nathan Almond; George Taylor

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 B, page 15.
• 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).