Will of Thomas (x) Guinn

Thomas Guinn left his estate to wife Mildred for life, then daughter Mary Jane Quinn, with dollar bequests to Joseph Guinn and Elizabeth Vickers.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Thomas (x) Guinn (printed THOMAS (x) GUINN)

Dated

18 June 1822

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Mildred (wife); Joseph Guinn (son); Elizabeth Vickers (daughter; wife of David Vickers); Mary Jane Quinn (daughter); David Vickers (husband of Elizabeth Vickers)

Executors

Reuben Cardin (friends); Frederick Moize (friends; Esq.)

Witnesses

Thomas (x) Christian; Benton Clark

Money and goods

Joseph Guinn $1; Elizabeth Vickers $1

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

• The original is in the State Archives of North Carolina; it was never recorded in the Orange County will books.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 220.