Codicil of Anthony (x) Thompson

Anthony Thompson revoked daughter Jane’s bequest, noted an advance to Nancy, and directed fifty dollars to Archibald D. Murphey.

Kind of paper

Codicil

Testator

Anthony (x) Thompson (printed ANTHONY (x) THOMPSON)

Dated

7 June 1826

Proved

August 1836 court

Family named

Jane (daughter, wife of John James); Nancy (daughter); John James

To

Archibald D. Murphey

Witnesses

Michael Holt; Alfred A. Holt

Money and goods

$50

Places

State of Tennessee

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 396–400.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 170.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).