This came from Genalogylibrary.com. It lists the name, the county, the year of the will, the will book which includes volume and page and the location of the will...All wills listed here are in the North Carolina State Archives. All last names are Branson.... Eli Randolph County 1888 WB-16/199 Henry Cumberland 1871 WB-E/32 John Randolph 1867 WB-14/187 Joseph Chatham 1827 WB-B/138 Levi Chatham 1824 WB-B/113 Luke Madison 1873 Original 1873 Mary E.J. Stokes 1891 WB-6/265 Thomas Randolph 1879 WB-15/310 Thomas A. Randolph 1864 WB-13/183 William Randolph 1894 WB-16/281 Zachariah Stokes 1825 wb-3/138 Madison County was formed from part of Buncombe and Yancey counties in 1851.