Will of Thomas Rountree

Thomas Rountree provided for his unnamed wife, sons, other beneficiaries, and granddaughter Elizabeth Hannah; Joseph’s land depended on caring for his mother.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Rountree (printed THOMAS ROUNTREE)

Dated

13 September 1803

Proved

May 1805 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 12 September 1803. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Joseph Rountree (son; care for his mother); John (son); Thomas Rountree (son); Elizabeth Hannah (granddaughter); Lydia Cate (daughters ?); Rachel Jacobs (daughters ?)

Also left something

Andrew; Thomas; John; Charles; Lydia; Joseph; Rachel

Witnesses

Thompson McKissick; Wm. McKissick

Money and goods

John and Thomas Rountree 5 shillings each; Lydia Cate and Rachel Jacobs 5 shillings each; Andrew & Thomas 2 shares each; John, Charles, Lydia and Joseph 1 share each; Rachel one cow

Reading note: Lydia Cate and Rachel Jacobs (daughters ?) relation uncertain as printed. Shared surname not expanded.

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, page 148.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 24.
• 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).