I, Caroline Compton, widow of William J. W. Compton of Anne Arundel County, deceased, do hereby refuse to administer on the Estate of said deceased and do therefore renounce all my right, title and claim to said amdinistration desiring at the same time that Letters of Administration may be granted to John Tillman of the County aforesaid, as witness my hand this Twenty Ninth day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Forty Three.
(Anne Arundel County Register of Wills MSA #C153 - TTS #1, pp. 483-484 (MDHR 13, 809, 1-13-12-20):