Person:Thomas Allison (35)

Will Transcript

This being my last Will and Testament being weak in body but of Perfect Memory & c.

First of All I bequeath to my beloved Wife Martha Allison the third part of my Whole Estate all Household Furniture. Likewise a young May Mare Free?. Also A Negro by name Peter during her Widowhood/ Afterwood to be sold and Equally divided among the Children.

Also to my two Sons Richard and Thomas Allison All my Lands to be divided Equally between them the Entered Land to be deeded out of the Stock.

To my two Daughters I bequeath that is to Naomi & Ann Allison 1,500 pounds each, the Negro Wench and her Children likewise the stock to be sold by publick Vendue and Divided Equally among the Children.

These particulars I pronounce to be my Last will before these Witnesses this 12 day of February in the year of our Lord 1780.

[Signed] Thomas Allison

Wit: James Finley, Theophilus Simonton

1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/46312329/person/6516204340/facts

2.   Geneanet Community Trees Index.

   Name: Thomas Allison
   Gender: M (Male)
   Birth Date: 1746
   Birth Place: Pennsylvania, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA
   Death Date: 1780
   Death Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA
   Father: Andrew Allison
   Mother: Ann Simonton

3.   American Genealogical - Biographical Index. (Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States|Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library).

   Name: Thomas Allison
   Birth Date: 1750-1759
   Volume: 03
   Page number: 436
   Reference: Heads of Fams. At the First U.s. Census. Nc. By U.s. Bureau of the Census. Washington, 1908. (292p.):158

4.   North Carolina, United States. North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records , 1665-1998: [database on-line]. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).

   Name: Thomas Allison
   Gender: Male
   Will Date: 12 Feb 1790
   Probate Date: 1780
   Probate Place: Rowan, North Carolina, USA
   Inferred Death Year: 1780
   Inferred Death Place: North Carolina, USA
   Item Description: Original Wills, Abbott, Benjamin - Cowan, Isaac
   Others Listed (Name) Relationship
   Thomas Allison Testator
   Martha Allison Wife
   Peter Slave
   Richard Allison Son
   Thomas Allison Son
   Naomi Allison Daughter
   Ann Allison Daughter
   Winch Slave