Will of William (x) Hopson

William Hopson provided for wife Harriett, son Wm. Henry Harrison Hopson, and three daughters, mentioning deceased son Wiley.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William (x) Hopson (printed WILLIAM (x) HOPSON)

Dated

22 June 1844

Proved

May 1845 court

Family named

Harriett (wife); Wiley (deceased son); Wm. Henry Harrison Hopson (son); Rebecca Tapp (daughter; wife of Richard Tapp); Rosannah Tapp (daughter; wife of Vincent Tapp); Sally Barbee (daughter); Richard Tapp (husband of Rebecca Tapp); Vincent Tapp (husband of Rosannah Tapp)

Executor

William Thompson (friend)

Witnesses

W. Bradshaw; Elijah Pickard; R. Stanford

Land

plantation on N.E. Creek of New Hope

Money and goods

Rebecca Tapp $10; Rosannah Tapp $10; Sally Barbee $10

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 261.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 212.
• 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).