Will of Robert Thompson
26 Sep 1787
Robert Thompson of Amherst [VA], 26 Sep 1787, prb. Apr 1788. My six last children each to have my 1,450 A in KY:
dau. Jeany Simmons to have 200 A; son Mitchell Thompson to have 300 A; dau. Margerete Thompson to have 200 A;
son David Thompson to have 250 A; son John Thompson to have 250 A; son Nelson Thompson to have 250 A. My
first children have had their part: Mary Mershell, Josiah Thompson, Robert Thompson, Patience Smith, Bartlet
Thompson,
RHODA WATKINS
, Benajah Thompson, Ann Morris. Granddau:Mildred Archi Thompson to have a cow
and calf when she comes of age. Wife Katherine Thompson to have the rest of my estate, negroes and stock.
Extrx: wife Katharine. Wit. Ignatius Rain(e)s, James Bowling, Thomas Watt. In 1820 Martin Dickinson og Grayson
Co., VA, apptd administrator c.t.a. with Ellijah Harris of Surry Co.
SOURCE:
SURRY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA WILLS 1771-1827 by Jo White Linn