Will of William Hooper

William Hooper devised land, town property and unnamed enslaved people, named his wife and three children, and appointed relatives and friends to administer his estate.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

William Hooper

Dated

24 April 1788

Proved

Date not given

Family named

Anne (wife); Thomas (son; both under age); William (son; both under age); Elizabeth (daughter; under age)

Executors

Anne (wife); William (son); Thomas (son); James Hogg; Jesse Benton

Witnesses

McDonald Hogg; Walter Alves; Helen Hogg

Enslaved people not named

A number of enslaved people

Land

several parcels of land, eight lots in Hillsboro, some property in Charlotte, N.C.

Places

Hillsboro; Charlotte, N.C.

Also named

Samuel Johnston (friends to advise executors); Archibald Maclaine (friends to advise executors); Alfred Moore (friends to advise executors); James Iredell (friends to advise executors); John Huske (friends to advise executors)

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 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966), page 1.