Orange County Indexed
Will of James Thompson
Will Book C, page 21 · dated July 1794 · proved August 1794
James Thompson named seven children, devised land, and appointed three executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- James Thompson (printed JAMES THOMPSON)
- Dated
- July 1794
- Proved
- August 1794 court
- In the court minutes
- Family named
- James (son); Joshua (son; under 21); John (son; under 21); Ellinor (daughter; both under 18 years of age); Martha (daughter; both under 18 years of age); Sarah Lindley (daughter); Elizabeth Hadley (daughter); Joseph (brother); Joseph Thompson (brother); Owen Lindley (son-in-law); Samuel Chambers (brother-in-law)
- Also left something
- William Rily
- Executors
- Samuel Chambers (brother-in-law); Joseph Thompson (brother)
- Witnesses
- Will Raily; Jno. Bowle; Sarah Chambers
- Land
- one fourth of tract I purchased of Stephen Hart; land purchased from Robert Burnside; land purchased of Thomas Norris; land purchased of James Riley
- Also named
- Stephen Hart (previous land seller); Robert Burnside (previous land seller); Thomas Norris (previous land seller); James Riley (previous land seller)
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 C, page 21.
- 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
