Codicil of Absolom Tatom

Absolom Tatom left two hundred dollars at interest for Thomas Hogg until twenty-one and named friends to handle Tennessee lands.

Kind of paper

Codicil

Testator

Absolom Tatom (printed ABSOLOM TATOM)

Dated

17 December 1802

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 1 March 1803
• Freedom or emancipation, May 1803 term
• Administration of an estate, May 1803 term
• Freedom or emancipation, 29 August 1809

Also left something

Thomas Hogg (the son of James Hogg; until he reaches 21 years of age)

Trustees

Abraham Maury (?) (friends to handle Tennessee lands; Major); Daniel Smith (friends to handle Tennessee lands; Gen’l)

Witnesses

William Norwood; Ed. Jones; Gavin Alves; W. L. Strudwick

Money and goods

$200

Also named

James Hogg (father of Thomas Hogg)

Reading note: Source questions Abraham Maury (?).

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 94–99.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 15.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).