Will of Samuel Thompson

Samuel Thompson named wife Elizabeth, sons, daughters, and granddaughter Rachel and appointed Elizabeth and son Solomon executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Thompson (printed SAMUEL THOMPSON)

Dated

31 January 1837

Proved

November 1837 court

Family named

Elizabeth (wife); William (son); Solomon (son); David Thompson (son); Rebecca Cloud (daughter); Rachel Lindley (daughter); Nancy Sytayhorn (daughter; is not of sound mind); Rachel Strayhorn (granddaughter)

Executors

Elizabeth (wife); Solomon (son)

Witnesses

J. Allison; John McDade

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 505.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 177.
• 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).