Will of Joshua (x) Thompson

Joshua Thompson named three daughters and son James and appointed James Thompson and Richard Tapp executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Joshua (x) Thompson (printed JOSHUA (x) THOMPSON)

Dated

30 June 1837

Proved

August 1837 court

Family named

James Thompson (son); Polly Thompson (daughter); Patsy Curry (daughter wife of William Curry); Ruth Thompson (daughter wife of James Thompson); William Curry; James Thompson

Executors

James Thompson (son); Richard Tapp

Witnesses

Geo. W. Bruce; W. H. Thompson; Abel Thompson

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 425.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 175.
• 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).