Will of John Thompson

John Thompson named Jennet and children and appointed brother Robert Thompson and son William Thompson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Thompson (printed JOHN THOMPSON)

Dated

30 September 1817

Proved

February 1820 court

A second reading

Mark Chilton’s index of the will books gives the date as 20 September 1817. Check the will book to settle it.

Family named

Jennet (wife); Thomas (son); James (son); William (son); John Thompson (son); William Thompson (son); Rachel (daughter); Jennet (daughter); Ann Thompson (daughter); Elizabeth Grahams (daughter); Elender Thomas (daughter); Robert Thompson (brother); John Russell (husband of daughter); George Johnston (husband of daughter)

Executors

Robert Thompson (brother); William Thompson (son)

Witnesses

W. Thompson; William (x) Gorly ?

Reading note: Grouped sons share surname printed once; William (x) Gorly ? questioned.

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 568.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 89.
• 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).