Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Thompson, Joshua June 30, 1837 ************************************************ 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: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume E, pages 425-426 Written: June 30, 1837 Recorded: Aug 1837 Testator: Joshua Thompson I Joshua Thompson of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina being of sound disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and testament this the 30th day of June AD 1837 hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills hereby made by me -- 1st It is my Will and I do hereby direct my Executors hereinafter named to cause all my just debts to be paid so soon as possible (after my death) out of my perishable property including my crops now growing reserving to my daughter Polly Thompson her heirs & assigns One bed and its necessary furniture, one falling leaf Table One grey Mare & Colt bridle & saddle - and the surplus if any to be equally divided amongst my children share and share alike 2ndly It is my Will and I do hereby give and bequeath to my son James Thompson his Heirs & Exrs forever (Trustee) for the sole and exclusive use and benefit of my daughter Patsy Curry wife of William Currey and to her heirs lawfully begotten of her body free and and[sic] clear from the control and management of William Curry or in any way subject to his debts all the last lying and being within the two publick Roads bounded on the north by the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Ruffins Mills and on the South by the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Mount Welling containing Fifty Acres more or less 3rdly I give and bequeath to my Son James Thompson his Heirs and assigns forever after deducting the One hundred Acres which I have heretofore given by Deed bearing date the ____ day of ____ AD all the balance of the land laying on the north side of the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Ruffins Mills containing 50 Acres more or less -- 4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruth Thompson wife of James Thompson & to my daughter Polly Thompson all of the balance of the land lying on the South side of the great Road leading from Hillsboro to Mount Willing containing [page 2] Ninety Acres more or less with the reservation of the Home House & improvements on said land to my daughter Polly Thompson According to ["the" x-out] valuation equally to be divided 5th I give and bequeath to the whole of my children a certain piece or parcel of Land (now in controversy in Orange Superior Court between William Rily and myself) containing fifty Acres more or less to be equally divided amongst them share and share alike but in case an equal division cannot be made then and in the case I hereby direct my Executors to sell the said Land and the profits arising therefrom to pay to them an equal proportion -- Lastly I do hereby ordain and appoint Richard Tapp and my son James Thompson Executors of this my last Will & Testament Signed Sealed published } his & declared by Joshua Thompson } Joshua (X) Thompson (seal) as his last Will & Testament } mark In presence of } } Geo W Bruce } W H Thompson } Abel Thompson } Jurat James Thompson qualif'd Exr [Will Book Volume E, page 425] I Joshua Thompson of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina being of sound disposing mind and memory do make and publish this my last Will and Testament this the 30th day of June AD 1837 hereby revoking and annulling all former Wills hereby made by me -- 1st It is my Will and I do hereby direct my Executors hereinafter named to cause all my Just debts to be paid so soon as possible (after my death) out of my perishable property including my Crops now growing reserving to my daughter Polly Thompson her heirs & assigns One bed and its necessary furniture one falling leaf Table One Grey Mare & Colt bridle and Saddle - and the Surplus if any to be equally divided amongst my Children share and share alike - 2ndly It is my Will and I do hereby give and bequeath to my son James Thompson his heirs and Exrs forever (Trustee) for the sole and exclusive use and benefit of my daughter Patsy Curry wife of William Curry and to her Heirs lawfully begotten of her body free and and[sic] Clear from the control and management of William Curry or in any way Subject to his debts all the last lying [and being] Within the two public Roads bounded on the north by the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Ruffins Mills and on the South by the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Mount Welling containing Fifty Acres more or less ---- 3rdly I give and bequeath to my son James Thompson his Heirs [Will Book Volume E, page 426] and assigns forever after deducting the One Hundred Acres which I have heretofore given by Deed b[e]aring date the ____ day of ____ AD all the balance of the land laying on the North Side of the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Ruffins Mills Containing 50 Acres more or less -- 4th I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruth Thompson wife of James Thompson & to my daughter Polly Thompson all of the balance of the land lying on the South side of the great Road leading from Hillsborough to Mount Willing containing Ninety Acres more or less with the reservation of the Home House & improvements on said land to my daughter Polly Thompson According to Valuation Equally to be divided 5th I give and bequeath to the Whole of my children a certain piece or parcel of Land (now in controversy in Orange Superior Court between William Rily and myself) Containing fifty Acres more or less to be equally divided amongst them Share and Share alike but in case an equal division cannot be made then and in the case I hereby direct my Executors to sell the said Land and the profits ariseing therefrom to pay to them an equal Proportion (Lastly) I do hereby ordain and appoint Richard Tapp and my son James Thompson Executor[s] of this my last Will & Testament Signed Sealed published } his & declared by Joshua Thompson } Joshua (X) Thompson (seal) as his last Will & Testament } mark In presence of Geo W Bruce W H Thompson Abel Thompson Orange County August Term 1837 The Execution of the foregoing Last Will and Testament [of] Joshua Thompson decd. was duly proved in open Court by the oath of Geo W Bruce W H Thompson & Abel Thompson the subs- scribers there to and ordered to be recorded At the same time James Thompson one of the Executors therein named appeared in open Court and qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume E, pages 425-426 Recorded Aug 1837 Estate Papers comprise 43 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Thompson, Joshua (1834)". Patsy married William Curry (son of Hugh Curry)