Will: Transcription of the Will of John Thornton
Identifier: 2017.1.118
Object titles: Transcription of the Will of John Thornton
Acquisition and Creation Dates:
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged March 30 2017
Acquisition Date 1965 - 2012
Date Cataloged March 30 2017
Object Source Information: RHS Archives,RHS reference
Description: Transcription of the will of John Thornton's will written in 1820. Almost all of his estate was left to his wife to do with as she pleased during her lifetime. A field called Downer's Field and a field called Robinson's field were left to his son George Washington Spotswood Thornton along with six slaves. He left land he held in Madison County to his daughter Frances G. Thornton.
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