Will of Joseph Thompson

Joseph Thompson named seven children and appointed Abel and William Turner, described as sons, executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joseph Thompson (printed JOSEPH THOMPSON)

Dated

20 May 1827

Proved

May 1832 court

Family named

Abel (my two sons); William Turner (my two sons); Elizabeth (child); Abel (child); Enoch (child); Thomas (child); Edith (child); Lydia (child); Sarah (child)

Executors

Abel (my two sons); William Turner (my two sons)

Witnesses

Samuel McCracken Sr.; Samuel McCracken Jr.

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, page 269.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 147.
• 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).