Thomas RAPER

• Name	Thomas RAPER  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Person ID	I5628	TAP
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013

  
  

  Family	Patty UNK
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth RAPER,   b. Mar 1761, Town Fork, Surry County, NC, USA ,   d. 1839, Stokes County, NC, USA  (Age 77 years)   2. Patty RAPER  [Natural]
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Will of Thomas Raper, Stokes County NC - 1808 I Thomas Raper of the State of North Carolina and County of Stokes being weak in body but in a perfect State of Mind & Memory do constitute & appoint this and no other to be my last will & Testament prior to my hand(?) First I do (-----) my soul in the hand of the allmighty god who (----) & my body to be buried in a Christian like manner at the direction of my executors secondly all my debts be settled & contentedly paid& satisfied Thirdly I give & bequeath to my wife Patty raper the tract(?) of my land where I now live to dispose of as she (----)during of her natural life & after her diseas (sic) the said land is to be equally divided betwixt Elizabeth Fulp my daughter wife of Peter Fulp & Patty Cooley my daughter wife of Edward Cooley & also I give my wife patty Raper such (----) of the Stock & household furniture as the state(?) require during her life and after her disceas (sic) to be equally divided betwixt Jane Fountain wife of Stephen Fountain & Elizabeth Fulp wife of Peter Fulp & Patty Cooley wife Edward Cooley & to my wife I give one bed & furnitures to dispose of at her death as she pleases. I also give and bequeath unto Harriet(?) Ham Stephen Ham daughter & son of Mordicai Ham & Rebecca Ham the sum of fifteen Dollars apiece to be paid to them by my executors when they come of age & also will the remaining part of my Stock & household furniture which my wife do (----) keep to be sold & equally divided betwixt Jane Fountain Elizabeth Fulp & Patty Cooley wifes (sic) Stephen Fountain Peter Fulp & Edward Cooley. I also constitute and appoint my (----) friends Peter Fulp & Edward Cooley to be my executors. I hereby revoke & disavow all other wills & I confirm this & no other to be my last will & testament In witness whereof I have (sic) hereunto set my hand & affixed my seall this 26th day of March AD 1808. Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of the Subscriber under written his James Raper (seal) mark James Fountain Stephen Fountain (----) The execution of the last will & Testament of Thomas Raper decd. of which forgoing is a true copy was duly proven in open Court by James Fountain & Stephen Fountain & ordered to be recorded. Robert Williams c.c. (second name unreadable) ================================================

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Will of Thomas Raper-1808. List wife, two daughters and their spouses