Will of Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore named Diana and children, acknowledged earlier gifts, and appointed sons Andrew and Thomas Moore executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Moore (printed THOMAS MOORE)

Dated

15 March 1819

Proved

August 1819 court

Family named

Diana (wife); James Moore (son); Andrew Moore (son); Thomas (son); Mathew (son); Robert (son); Andrew (son); Thomas Moore (son); Elinor Moore (four daughters; eldest); Diana Moore (daughter); Mary Moore (daughter); Sarah Moore (daughter); Jeney Moore (daughter); Marthy Moore (daughter); Elizabeth Moore (daughter)

Executors

Andrew (son); Thomas Moore (son)

Witnesses

James Moore; Daniel Atkins

Money and goods

10 shillings

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 563.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 87.
• 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).