Will of Benjamin Thompson

Benjamin Thompson named his wife, four sons and daughter and appointed his wife and Caleb Harvey executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Benjamin Thompson (printed BENJAMIN THOMPSON)

Dated

22 June 1795

Proved

November 1795 court

Family named

Sarah (wife); Robert (son); Richard (son); Stephen (son); Samuel (son); Frances Thompson (daughter)

Executors

Sarah (wife); Caleb Harvey

Witnesses

Caleb Harvey; Joseph Anderson

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 62.
• 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).