Will of Thomas Fitch

Thomas Fitch left a tract to grandson Thomas, named sons and daughters, and appointed George Martin and Empson Fitch executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas Fitch (printed THOMAS FITCH)

Dated

15 December 1832

Proved

November 1835 court

Family named

Empson Fitch (son); James Fitch (son); William Fitch (son); Mary Fitch (daughter); Barbara Barker (daughter wife of George Barker); Susanna Younger (daughter wife of Joseph); Thomas Fitch (grandson, son of my son James Fitch); George Barker; Joseph

Executors

George Martin (friend); Empson Fitch (son)

Witnesses

Caleb Wilson; John Fitch

Land

tract on west side of Stony Creek joining Jacob Greeson, to Tom's Creek ... James Graham's line

Money and goods

$1; $2

Places

Stony Creek; Tom's Creek

Also named

Jacob Greeson; James Graham

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 365.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 163.
• 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).