Will of Thomas Bain

Thomas Bain provided for his wife, children, son-in-law, and four grandchildren; sons Nathaniel and John were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Bain (printed THOMAS BAIN)

Dated

26 October 1826

Proved

November 1826 court

Family named

Keziah (wife); Nathaniel (son; oldest); John (son); Rachel (daughter); Keziah (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Ellenor (three youngest children); Mary (three youngest children); Charity (three youngest children); Harrul Walton Heartt (his four children); Henry Jackson Heartt (his four children); Harrison Bain Heartt (his four children); Julian Heartt (his four children); Thomas Heartt (son-in-law)

Executors

Nathaniel (son); John (son)

Witnesses

E. Graves; Thos. Armstrong; Wm. Clark

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 E, pages 127–129.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 123.
• 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).