Will of Thomas Rhodes, Sr.

Thomas Rhodes provided for sons, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law and devised land purchased from William Riley.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Rhodes, Sr. (printed THOMAS RHODES, SR.)

Dated

21 September 1834

Proved

May 1835 court

Family named

Noah Rhodes (son); Thomas Rhodes (son); James Rhodes (son); Hannah Rhodes (daughter); Belinda (daughter wife of Abel Cain); Elizabeth Guess (daughter wife of Thomas Guess; now of the State of Kentucky); Polly Rhodes (my daughter); Jane Medley (Medlin) (my grandchildren, children of my son Noah Rhodes); Wesley Rhodes (my grandchildren, children of my son Noah Rhodes); Wiley Rhodes (my grandchildren, children of my son Noah Rhodes); Artemesia Rhodes (my grandchildren, children of my son Noah Rhodes); Sally (his present wife); Abel Cain; Thomas Guess; David Warren

Executor

Silas M. Link

Witnesses

Archibald Cain; Wmson Burton

Land

tract where he now lives that I purchased from William Riley; tract whereon he now lives; tract I purchased of Henry Burch

Also named

William Riley; Henry Burch

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 351–352.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 160.
• 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).