Will of Thomas Trice

Thomas Trice distributed land and unnamed enslaved people among wife Sarcy, daughters, grandchildren, and other beneficiaries; Edward Trice, Lennard Carlton, and John Moore were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Trice (printed THOMAS TRICE)

Dated

24 August 1801

Proved

November 1803 court

In the court minutes

• Estate account, February 1805 term
• Estate account, 27 August 1805
• Guardianship, 27 November 1811

Family named

Sarcy Trice (my wife); Sally Barby (daughter; wife of Joseph Barby); Nancy House (daughter); Thomas Trice Carlton (these six grandchildren); Polly Barby (these six grandchildren); Polly House (these six grandchildren); William Carlton (these six grandchildren); Ritty Barbee (these six grandchildren); Betsey House (these six grandchildren); Edward Trice (my brother); Joseph Barby (husband of Sally Barby)

Also left something

Ritty Barby; Nancy Carlton; Betsey Carlton (wife of Leonard Carlton)

Executors

Edward Trice (brother); Lennard Carlton; John Moore

Witnesses

Wm. Trice; Edward Trice; John Moore

Enslaved people not named

Nancy Carlton an enslaved girl|Sally Barby two enslaved people|Nancy House two enslaved people|Betsey Carlton two enslaved people|These six grandchildren get 11 enslaved people

Land

one half of my property in Brunswick County, Virginia; Thomas Trice Carlton 400 acres; Polly Barby 200 acres; Ritty Barby 200 acres; Polly House 300 acres

Places

Brunswick County, Virginia; Second (Creek); Cow Lick

Also named

Christopher Daniels (bounded by); Robert Cambel (bounded by); Wm Cain (bounded by); Page Patterson (bounded by); Leonard Carlton (husband of Betsey Carlton)

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 D, pages 114–118.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958).
• 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).