Orange County Indexed
Will of Henry Thompson
Will Book E, page 71 · dated 12 August 1822 · proved February 1825
Henry Thompson named Priscilla, two daughters and granddaughter Susan, placing Sally’s estate in trust for life; Thomas Clancy and John Scott were executors.
- Kind of paper
- Will
- Testator
- Henry Thompson (printed HENRY THOMPSON)
- Dated
- 12 August 1822
- Proved
- February 1825 court
- Family named
- Priscilla (wife); Nelly Baldridge (daughter; Mrs.); Sally (daughter); Susan Thompson (daughter of said Sally)
- Executors
- Thomas Clancy; John Scott
- Trustees
- Catlett Campbell (for Sally during her life); James Child (for Sally during her life); William Huntington (for Sally during her life)
- Witnesses
- James Phillips; J. H. Hand
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 71.
- Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 112.
- 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).
