Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Nunn, Elizabeth December 28, 1855
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Written: December 28, 1855
Recorded: August 1859

    Wills recorded August Term 1859
Orange County Court
I Hannah Thompson of the County of Orange and State of North Carolina do make &
publish this my last will and testament hereby revoking all other wills made by me.
I give and bequeath to my sister Phebe Clancy five hundred dollars, and at the
death of my sister Fanny I give her my man Phillip.
I give and devise to my sister Phebe and Fanny all my interest in the home tract
of land where Fanny and myself now live and also all my interest in another
small tract of land containing about sixty acres lying on the Chapel Hill Road
adjoining Thomas Davis and others..
I give to my sister Fanny Thompson, Rosannah absolutely and Phillip during her
life.  I also give and devise to her all the residue of my property and estate
money and effects of every kind whatsoever except my man John.
And I give and bequeath my man John to Fanny during her life and after her death
I give John to my friend John W. Norwood in trust for the following purposes
that is to say he shall sell John finding for him a good home and if in his
judgment my nephew Walter Thompson shall have reformed his habits and be in a
situation to be really benefited by the price of John it shall be paid to him. 
Or the amount may be invested for his benefit in some way and the annual
interest and such portion of the principal from time to time paid to him as my
trustee may deem proper.  But I desire it to be distinctly understood that if
his habits and manner of life shall then be such that the price of John would go
to pay debts already imprudently contracted or squandered *** dissipation this
whole matter I leave to the discretion of my said trustee and if he shall not
think proper to pay the price of John to Walter Thompson then in that case I
give the same to my brother Richard Thompson.  I appoint my sister Fanny
Thompson the executrix of my last will and testament.
Witness my hand & Seal this 28th December 1855.

Signed, Sealed, and published in the presence of:
J. Webb
H. Norwood
Hannah Thompson

I Hannah Thompson do hereby make this codicil to my will on this sheet of paper
written.  Namely I revoke the bequest of my Negro man Phillip to my sister Fanny
Thompson and I give and bequeath Phillip to my sister Phebe Clancy.  And I give
and bequeath to John W. Norwood two hundred dollars in trust for Walter A.
Thompson upon the same terms and conditions which are attached to the gift of
the Negro man John to him and if said Walter A. Thompson should not be entitled
to receive said sum of two hundred dollars according to the provisions in my
will referred to then in that case I give the two hundred dollars to my brother
Richard Thompson.  And I publish & declare this to be a part of my will and do
hereby republish and declare my said will with this alteration to be my last
will and testament.

Witness my hand & Seal this 7th May 1859.

Signed, Sealed, and published in the presence of:
Thomas Webb
John Cheek
Hannah Thompson


Orange County Court August Term 1859
The foregoing last will and testament of Hannah Thompson deceased with the
codicil thereto annexed was duly proved in open court by the oaths of Thomas
Webb and John Cheek subscribing witnesses thereto.  See minutes.


Additional Comments:
Last Will and Testament of Hannah Thompson (28 December 1855)
Transcribed by Ron Thompson (15 June 2002)







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