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Will of Thomas Tarver
Northampton County, North Carolina
Legatees ~
- son, Jacob Tarver
- son, Thomas Tarver
Exr. son, Thomas Tarver.
/s/ 9 Jan 1782
/p/ Sept Court 1785 [1782?]
Wit. William Peterson, Sally Stanton [Peterson?], Martha Kinchen [Peterson ?]
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State of North Carolina
Northampton County
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THOMAS TARVER
In the name of God amen I Thomas Tarver of Northampton County in North Carolina considering that it is appointed for men once to die do make and ordain this my last will & testament hereby making all other wills by me heretofore made Impremis
I desire that my body may be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter mentioned and nexed that all my Just debts be paid & as for the rest of my Estate that I may be possessed with I give & dispose of in manner following to wit--
I give unto my son Jacob Tarver my negro boy Sam to him & his heirs & assigns forever.
I give to my son Thomas Tarver my land and plantation whereon I now live also my Negroes York & Tath & their increase & also all the rest of my Estate both real and personal To him & his heirs & assigns forever--
I nominate and appoint my Son Thomas Tarver Exor. of this my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and Seal this 9th day of January 1782.
his
Signed Sealed & Ackd } Thomas (+) Tarver {Seal}
in presence of Wm Peterson } mark
Sally Peterson
Martha Kinchen
Wm. Peterson
Northampton County Sept Court 1782 [1785?*], This will proved by the oath of Wm Peterson at the same time Thomas Tarver Qualified as Exec thereto. Test. E. Haynes DCCt
* Says either 1782 or 1785. I rather think it is 1785, the more I look at it.
SOURCE
Northampton Co., NC WB 1, 1759-1792, Will 236, pp. 353-54
NOTES
THOMAS4 TARVER (SAMUEL3, THOMAS2, WILLIAM1) was born abt. 1712 in Surry Co., VA, and died abt. Sep 1782 in Northampton Co., NC,. He is said to have married SARAH LONG Bef. 1732, daughter of ARTHUR LONG and MARY ALLEN.
REFERENCE
- Tarver, Thomas, 9 Jan 1782. Northampton Co., NC Will Book One, 1759-1792, Will 236, p. 353.
Mitchell, Thornton W., North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900, 1992.
- Hamlin, Charles Hughes, They Went That Away, Vol. 2, p. 32. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publ. Co., 1974, 1975, 1985
Barger, Allie Jean and Carroll Tarver, "A Tarver Story," 1988.
- Olds, Fred A. Abstracts of Wills in North Carolina, 1760 and 1800. Oxford: Clearfield Co., 1925. 1778 TARVER, SAMUEL, John, Samuel, Benjamin (sons), Penny, Mary Banks, Sarah Jordan, Ele, Hannah (daughters), wife Mary. Extrs Andrew Tarver, Thomas Parker. Wits. John Mader, Benjamin Tarver, Anthony Moore. Will 213, p.315.
- Ibid. 1777 TARVER, HARMON, Robert.
- Ibid. 1778 TARVER, SAMUEL, John.
- Ibid. 1780 TARVER, ANDREW, Mary (wife).
- Ibid. 1785 TARVER, THOMAS, Thomas and Jacob (sons). Extr. Thomas Tarver (son). Wits. William Peterson, Sally Peterson, Martha Peterson, Will 236, p. 353.
- Ibid. 1794 TARVER, FRED, John, Benjamin and Andrew (brothers).
- Ibid.1777 TARVER, JAMES, Harmon.
- Hofmann, Margaret. Northampton County, North Carolina 1759-1808 Genealogical Abstracts Of Wills. Mass Market Paperback.
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