I checked my Thornton Mitchell index for NC wills from 1665-1900, and there are only four Compton wills listed: --- (surname, first name & any initial, county #, will book letter & page, location of original) --- Compton, Aquilia ... #073 (Orange), 1883, WB-H/334, CTY (original is at county courthouse) Compton, Hezekiah ... #104 (Wilkes), 1821, WB-4/14, AR (original is at state archives) Compton, John F. ... #073, 1890, WB-H/500, CTY Compton, John L. ... #20 (Caswell), 1896, WB-B/240, CTY (NC has only 100 counties today, but this index includes those counties which operated for a while but which did not continue for different reasons, such as Dobbs, Albemarle, etc. Some names were changed to get rid of the names of those associated with the Tories and the British empire.) ------------------ Only two of these wills are in Orange County, but Caswell was created from Orange in 1777 and sits to the NW of it today. Some families might have relocated after the loss of family resources during the Civil War. Wilkes County is in NW North Carolina and not near Orange. There is not a Wesley Compton listed anywhere in the state. This book does not list those who died intestate, and for those you would have to search for estate records, which might still list the names of slaves in some situations. The other records you could check would be court records for the sale of slaves during the war (to get needed cash) and other county records regarding slaves. I don't know much about this research specialty, but the NC Genealogical Society has published this book, which you might want to try to find at a local library: -------- (copied from the NCGS website at _http://www.ncgenealogy.org/_ (http://www.ncgenealogy.org/) North Carolina Freedman's Saving and Trust Company Records, by Bill Reeves, 1992, soft cover, 8 1/2" x 11", 598 pages, surname, place name, occupation, and military service indexes. PRICE $20.00 (add $4 for S&H & NC residents add sales tax of $0.70). (Description) In 1868, the U.S. Congress established Freedman's banks to enable slaves to have a place of deposit. Each depositor was asked to provide place of birth, where brought up, current residence, age, complexion, occupation, name of spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters, as well as physical features. Depositors appear from across North Carolina and included Caucasians. An excellent resource for African-American Genealogy. -------- Good luck. And do remember that the state archives search room is closed until July 10th, and all correspondence on requests for copies will be substantially delayed. The Orange County courthouse will have two of these wills, and any county courthouse should have the will book copies of wills, even if the original is at the archives. Katherine Dick Benbow ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

There are several Acquilla Comptons in the Caswell/Orange area, and this bears some tracing to see the origin of them all. One Acquilla Compton was married to Phoebe Marsh ca. 1799.? He was born 26 August 1770 in St. Mary's County, Frederick, MD and died 6 Feb. 1822 in Caswell County. This Acquilla was a son of Acquilla Compton, Sr. of St. Mary's County, MD and his wife, Elizsabeth Sierra/Norris (ne Sierra) The elder Acquilla and Elizabeth were the parents of fourteen children. A brother of the younger Acquilla, Erasamus Compton, also settled into Caswell County with his wife Margaret Smith, and one of their? daughters, Rachel, became the wife of William Wilder D. Wells, an ancestral cousin of mine. Also a grandson of Erasamus, James Franklin Compton, Jr. married an another ancestral cousin of mine, Nancy Pittard. They resided in Orange County, NC. A daughter of Erasamus, Sarah Compton, married her first cousin, Abner Compton, son of Acquilla and Pheobe Compton; they settled into Missouri. There was another Acquilla Compton who married in 1853 Julia Ann Walker, daughter of Freeman Walker and his unknown first wife. Freeman Walker was a son of Abner Walker and Sarah Bird of Orange County, NC. This Acquilla was born in 1829 and was too late to be the son of Acquilla and Phoebe Compton. That Acquilla died in 1822 as mentioned above. I also have kinship with the Bird and Walker families. I have not located all of the heirs of Erasamus Compton, and it is possible that he had the son, Acquilla who married Julia Ann Walker. I am not sure of what help this may be, but the information does validate other Comptons in the area. Best regards, John Fox Winston Salem, NC -----Original Message----- From: BenbowKD@aol.com To: ncorange@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 30 May 2007 7:19 am Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] COMPTON GENEALOGY I checked my Thornton Mitchell index for NC wills from 1665-1900, and there are only four Compton wills listed: --- (surname, first name & any initial, county #, will book letter & page, location of original) --- Compton, Aquilia ... #073 (Orange), 1883, WB-H/334, CTY (original is at county courthouse) Compton, Hezekiah ... #104 (Wilkes), 1821, WB-4/14, AR (original is at state archives) Compton, John F. ... #073, 1890, WB-H/500, CTY Compton, John L. ... #20 (Caswell), 1896, WB-B/240, CTY (NC has only 100 counties today, but this index includes those counties which operated for a while but which did not continue for different reasons, such as Dobbs, Albemarle, etc. Some names were changed to get rid of the names of those associated with the Tories and the British empire.) ------------------ Only two of these wills are in Orange County, but Caswell was created from Orange in 1777 and sits to the NW of it today. Some families might have relocated after the loss of family resources during the Civil War. Wilkes County is in NW North Carolina and not near Orange. There is not a Wesley Compton listed anywhere in the state. This book does not list those who died intestate, and for those you would have to search for estate records, which might still list the names of slaves in some situations. The other records you could check would be court records for the sale of slaves during the war (to get needed cash) and other county records regarding slaves. I don't know much about this research specialty, but the NC Genealogical Society has published this book, which you might want to try to find at a local library: -------- (copied from the NCGS website at _http://www.ncgenealogy.org/_ (http://www.ncgenealogy.org/) North Carolina Freedman's Saving and Trust Company Records, by Bill Reeves, 1992, soft cover, 8 1/2" x 11", 598 pages, surname, place name, occupation, and military service indexes. PRICE $20.00 (add $4 for S&H & NC residents add sales tax of $0.70). (Description) In 1868, the U.S. Congress established Freedman's banks to enable slaves to have a place of deposit. Each depositor was asked to provide place of birth, where brought up, current residence, age, complexion, occupation, name of spouse, children, parents, brothers and sisters, as well as physical features. Depositors appear from across North Carolina and included Caucasians. An excellent resource for African-American Genealogy. -------- Good luck. And do remember that the state archives search room is closed until July 10th, and all correspondence on requests for copies will be substantially delayed. The Orange County courthouse will have two of these wills, and any county courthouse should have the will book copies of wills, even if the original is at the archives. 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John Compton was the only one that was a slave owner though per the slave schedule census. I'd hate to see someone waste their money ordering wills of people that were not on the slave schedules as slave owners. --- bebenjohn@aol.com wrote: > > There are several Acquilla Comptons in the > Caswell/Orange area, and this bears some tracing to > see the origin of them all. > > One Acquilla Compton was married to Phoebe Marsh ca. > 1799.? He was born 26 August 1770 in St. Mary's > County, Frederick, MD and died 6 Feb. 1822 in > Caswell County. This Acquilla was a son of Acquilla > Compton, Sr. of St. Mary's County, MD and his wife, > Elizsabeth Sierra/Norris (ne Sierra) The elder > Acquilla and Elizabeth were the parents of fourteen > children. > > A brother of the younger Acquilla, Erasamus Compton, > also settled into Caswell County with his wife > Margaret Smith, and one of their? daughters, Rachel, > became the wife of William Wilder D. Wells, an > ancestral cousin of mine. Also a grandson of > Erasamus, James Franklin Compton, Jr. married an > another ancestral cousin of mine, Nancy Pittard. > They resided in Orange County, NC. > > A daughter of Erasamus, Sarah Compton, married her > first cousin, Abner Compton, son of Acquilla and > Pheobe Compton; they settled into Missouri. > > There was another Acquilla Compton who married in > 1853 Julia Ann Walker, daughter of Freeman Walker > and his unknown first wife. Freeman Walker was a son > of Abner Walker and Sarah Bird of Orange County, NC. > This Acquilla was born in 1829 and was too late to > be the son of Acquilla and Phoebe Compton. That > Acquilla died in 1822 as mentioned above. I also > have kinship with the Bird and Walker families. > > I have not located all of the heirs of Erasamus > Compton, and it is possible that he had the son, > Acquilla who married Julia Ann Walker. > > I am not sure of what help this may be, but the > information does validate other Comptons in the > area. > > Best regards, > > John Fox > Winston Salem, NC > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BenbowKD@aol.com > To: ncorange@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 30 May 2007 7:19 am > Subject: Re: [NCORANGE] COMPTON GENEALOGY > > > > > > > > > > > I checked my Thornton Mitchell index for NC wills > from 1665-1900, and there > are only four Compton wills listed: > > --- > > (surname, first name & any initial, county #, will > book letter & page, > location of original) > > --- > > Compton, Aquilia ... #073 (Orange), 1883, WB-H/334, > CTY (original is at > county courthouse) > > Compton, Hezekiah ... #104 (Wilkes), 1821, WB-4/14, > AR (original is at state > archives) > > Compton, John F. ... #073, 1890, WB-H/500, CTY > > Compton, John L. ... #20 (Caswell), 1896, WB-B/240, > CTY > > (NC has only 100 counties today, but this index > includes those counties > which operated for a while but which did not > continue for different reasons, > such > as Dobbs, Albemarle, etc. Some names were changed > to get rid of the names > of those associated with the Tories and the British > empire.) > > ------------------ > > Only two of these wills are in Orange County, but > Caswell was created from > Orange in 1777 and sits to the NW of it today. Some > families might have > relocated after the loss of family resources during > the Civil War. Wilkes > County > is in NW North Carolina and not near Orange. There > is not a Wesley Compton > listed anywhere in the state. This book does not > list those who died > intestate, and for those you would have to search > for estate records, which > might > still list the names of slaves in some situations. > The other records you could > > check would be court records for the sale of slaves > during the war (to get > needed cash) and other county records regarding > slaves. I don't know much > about this research specialty, but the NC > Genealogical Society has published > this > book, which you might want to try to find at a > local library: > > -------- > > (copied from the NCGS website at > _http://www.ncgenealogy.org/_ > (http://www.ncgenealogy.org/) > > North Carolina Freedman's Saving and Trust Company > Records, by Bill Reeves, > 1992, soft cover, 8 1/2" x 11", 598 pages, surname, > place name, occupation, > and military service indexes. PRICE $20.00 (add $4 > for S&H & NC residents add > sales tax of $0.70). > > (Description) In 1868, the U.S. Congress established > Freedman's banks to > enable slaves to have a place of deposit. Each > depositor was asked to provide > place of birth, where brought up, current residence, > age, complexion, > occupation, name of spouse, children, parents, > brothers and sisters, as well as > > physical features. Depositors appear from across > North Carolina and included > Caucasians. An excellent resource for > African-American Genealogy. > > -------- > > Good luck. And do remember that the state archives > search room is closed > until July 10th, and all correspondence on requests > for copies will be > substantially delayed. The Orange County courthouse > will have two of these > wills, > and any county courthouse should have the will book > copies of wills, even if > the original is at the archives. > > Katherine Dick Benbow > > > > ************************************** See what's > free at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NCORANGE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of > the message > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > AOL now offers free email to everyone. 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