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Orange County Indexed

Will of Thomas Thompson

Will Book F, page 102 · dated 18 November 1836 · proved August 1841

Thomas Thompson named wife Elizabeth, son John, son-in-law William Thompson, and unnamed children and appointed John Thompson executor.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Thomas Thompson (printed THOMAS THOMPSON)
Dated
18 November 1836
Proved
August 1841 court
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); John (son); John Thompson (son); William Thompson (son-in-law)
Executor
John Thompson (son)
Witnesses
W. Bradshaw; Jno. 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 F, page 102.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 192.
  • 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).
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