Johnston County NcArchives Wills.....Thompson, William 1769
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Written: 1769

Will of William Thompson

Johnston County, NC Original Wills, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, 
NC; Recorded Copy, Johnston County, NC Will Book 1, 1760-1859, pp. 789-790.
Devised January 22, 1769,
Proven May Court, 1769.

North Carolina
Johnston County
In the Name of God Amen I William Thompson Senr. of the sd County and Province 
aforesaid Being weak in Body but in Perfect mind & Memory as I Know it is 
appointed for all men once to die & afterwards to Come to Judgmt do first & 
Principally Recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who first gave me 
Being into the World and my Body to be Buryed at the Discression of my Executor 
hereafter Named.
Item I Leave and Bequeath to my well Beloved wife Sarah Thompson the Plantation 
whereon I Dwell Situate on Horse Creek & also all the use of my Stock Consisting 
of Horses Mares Cattle & Hogs Exceptg of Two Cows & Calves and Calves to my well 
Beloved Daughter Sally Thompson & also the same Repeatd Cattle to my Daughter 
Molley Thompson & also all my Househld Furniture whatever excepting one Feather 
bed & Furniture to Sally Thompson & also one other Bed & Furniture to Molly 
Thompson to be paid out of my Estate at the Respective Days of Marrage of Each of 
my daughters or at the Arrivall of Eighteen years of Both or Either of them.
Item I give & Bequeath to my well Beloved Son John Thompson Five shillings.
Item I give and Bequeath to Silas Monk for the use of my Daughter Betty Monk five 
Shillings.
Item I give and Bequeath to Edward Green  for the use of my Daughter Jemima Green 
the sum of Five Shillings.
Item I Give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Son William Thompson the sum of Five 
Shillings.
Item I give & Bequeath to my well Belovd Daughter Sally Thompson Two Cows & 
Calves one Feather bed and Furniture.
Item I Give & Bequeath to my Well Beloved Daughter Molly Thompson Two Cows & 
Calves and one Feather bed & Furniture.
Item I give and Bequeath to my well Beloved Son Elijah Thompson the Remaining 
Land & all my Lands on Horse Creek all my Stock of Horses Mares Cattle & Hogs 
after the Decease of my sd Wife after the Legacies as afore mentioned is paid out 
of my estate Providing that my Son Elijah Thompson shall maintain & keep my Son 
John in Sufficient and Wholesome Diat Washing & Lodg.
I give & Bequeath to my well Beloved son Isham Thompson the sum of Five shillings 
and I also appoint my well Beloved Wife Sarah Thompson & my Well Beloved Son 
Elijah Thompson to be whole & sole Executors at this my Last Will & Testament in 
Witness whereon I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 22d Day Janry in the Year 
of our Lord 1769.
Signd Seald Publisht
and Pronouncd in
Presence of                                                     William (W) 
Thompson
Ben Hardy
Isaac Bledsoe
Henry (H) Kemp

No Carolina Johnston County
May Court 1769
Then was the Execution of this will provd In Open Court in due form of Law by 
Isaac Bledso, one of the Subscribing Witnesses & Recorded in the Clerks office of 
said County in Book B pa 28.

                                                                by Jno Rand Cl


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