Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Nunn, Elizabeth November 21, 1868 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ron Thompson ronupc@bellsouth.net January 2, 2006, 10:36 am Source: Nc Archives Written: November 21, 1868 Recorded: February 17, 1870 Records of Wills in Probate Court North Carolina Orange County Be it remembered that on this 17th day of February 1870, a paper writing purporting to be the last will and testament of Frances Thompson (dec) was exhibited in open court by William G. Norwood the Executor therein named and the execution these of was duly proved by the oaths and examination of John G. Norwood and James Webb the subscribing witnesses thereto: and the said paper writing is in the words and figures to wit. In the name of God Amen: I Frances Thompson of the County of Orange and the State of North Carolina being of sound mind and disposing memory, do declare this to be my last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills made by me. I give and devise to Samuel Thompson, Dennis Thompson, and William Thompson, freed colored men, a piece of my land lying on the Chatham Road, bounded by said Road on the South, the land of William Nelson. On the West: the mill branch and Mill pond on the North: and the land of Peter Benton on the East; and containing about Eleven acres. I give old Jincy One Hundred Dollars. I give to Fanny Anderson, daughter of Thomas Anderson, one bed and furniture, one candle stand, one small table and one looking glass. I give to Sinah Thompson, colored woman, one horse named Menday. I give and devise to Rosannah Thompson, freed colored woman, all the rest of my house-hold furniture, all the kitchen furniture and all the house-hold goods and effects of every sort, with all grain and provisions on hand, also one cow and heifer, all the plantation tools and implements, one note or bond I hold on Dr. James T. Cain for $568 bearing date 23rd of March 1859, also the house and premises where I live with the following tract or piece of land attached to it, namely beginning in the North at the River, at the mouth of the Mill and Spring Branch running thence southward by the house and along the Chapel Hill Road to the far corner of the enclosed lot beyond the Barn where a road turns out to go to the old fair grounds, thence westward with that road till it reaches the Railroad near the Old Fair Grounds, thence with the Railroad westward to the Cattle Guard or Culvert on the Railroad, thence North to Eno River, thence down the River to the beginning, containing about twenty acres be the same more or less. It is my will and direction that my executor herein after appointed shall sell all the rest of my land and interest in the land on such terms as he may deem best, either at public or private sale and in such lots as may enhance the price. And I give and devise to my sister Mrs. Phebe Clancy the proceeds of said sales of land: also two notes or bonds on James T. Cain, one for $400 bearing date February 20th 1862 and the other for $300 bearing date 5th November 1866, also two notes or bonds on James C. Turrentine for $54.15 each bearing date 16 November 1860, also one note on W. T. and T. J. Strayhorn for $150 bearing date February 20th 1862, also all other debts and money owing to me, of every sort and description whatever, but what I give to my said sister is subject to the payment out of the same of any money I may owe at my death and also to the payment of the costs and expenses of settling my estate. And I do hereby appoint my friend William G. Norwood the executor of my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this the 21st day of November 1868. Signed, Sealed, published and declared in the presence of: J. W. Norwood James Webb Frances Thompson Additional Comments: Last Will and Testament of Fanny Thomson (21 November 1868) Transcribed by Ron Thompson (15 June 2002) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/orange/wills/nunn39gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb