While I have not succeeded at finding a will, probate file or even a mention of the death of John Thompson’s father, it was fairly easy to locate a will for his father-in-law, Jacob Igleheart. I originally found this will on Ancestry, in their Ketucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 database. While that database included images of the will, it also provided the date and page numbers which allowed me to locate the original in the Ohio County, Kentucky will books.
Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989
Ohio — Wills, Vol A-D 1801-1988Image 473
page 161In the name of God amen
I Jacob Igleheart of the County of Ohio and
State of Kentucky, being of sound mind and
[disposing] memory (for which I thank almighty
God) and Cling to mind the uncertainty of
human life, and being desirous to dispose
of all such worldly estate as has pleased
God to bless me with I give and bequeath
the same in manner following that is to say
First – I give and bequeath to my dear wife
Easter Igleheart all my home property both
real and personal during her natural life
and at her death I will and wish disposed
of as follows to wit:
Secondly, I give and bequeath to my daughter
Juliann Bennett fifty dollars cash also
one feather bed and furniture
Thirdly — I give and bequeath to my daughter
Sally Thompson fifty dollars cast
Fourthly I give and bequeath to my son
Jacob H Igleheart fifty dollars cash
Fifthly I give and bequeath to my daughter
Eliza Igleheart heirs ten dollars cash
Sixthly I give and bequeath to my son
William B Igleheart Heirs (Anne William
Igleheart) ten dollars cash
Seventhly I give and bequeath to my
daughter Jennette Miller heirs ten
dollars cash
Eighthly I give and bequeath to my
daughter Matilda Miller ten dollars and
Ninthly I give and bequeath to my son
John D Igleheart heirs ten dollars and
Tenthly I give and bequeath to my daughter
Rebecca Bennett for the benefit of his
and her heirs my black woman Ann and
her child (boy named Joshua.page 162
Also one feather bed and furniture
for the same
Eleventhly I give and bequeath to my
son James Sopen Igleheart my black
man named John (Jack) and also all
the real (land) estate I may and shall
own and be seized with (of) at my
death — Provided he the same James
Sopen Igleheart at the death of his mother
Easter Igleheart will well and truly pay
all the legacies named in this my last
will and testament and also all and
singular each and every piece and particle
of the farming utensils and appurtenances
thereunto belonging and appertaining
Named will included and as for the
house hold and kitchen furniture (be the
same more or less) often filling all the
above bequests I will shall be equally
divided between my son James Sopen
Igleheart and my daughter Rebecca Bennett
at and after their mothers death Provided
nevertheless the said James Sopen Igleheart
is bound on [doer] and will well and truly
support and maintained his father and
mother during their natural lives and
after their deaths pay all their just
debts and funeral (burial) expenses and
give to my son Jacob H Igleheart or his
heirs one good feather bead
And twelfthly and lastly I appoint my
dear wife Easter and my son James Sopen
Igleheart as my executors of this my
last will and testament
In witness whereof I have hereunto set
my hand and affixed my seal this tenth
day of March in the year of ourpage 163
Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty
two.
Jacob Igleheart (Seal)
Signed Sealed & Published
and declared as and for
the last will and testament
of the above named Jacob
Igleheart in presence of us all
Jacob L Condict Senr
Charles A Tanne[n]
John (his mark) FranceI Jacob Igleheart of the County of Ohio
and State of Kentucky do hereby make and
public this codicil to be added to my
last (foregoing) will and testament in manner
following to wit:
I do hereby declare that my will is that
my daughter Rebecca Bennett or her heirs
on the reception of the black boy Joshua
as named in the tenth bequest of my
last will shall well and truly pay to my
son James Sopen Igleheart or his heirs the sum
of fifty dollars cast and of their own
estate
And lastly it is my will and desire
that my powers of Codicil be annexed
to and made part of my last will and
testament aforesaid
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this thirteenth\
day of March in the year of our Lord
Eighteen hundred and fifty two
Jacob Igleheart (seal)
Signed sealed and
published & declared
as and for a codicil to testWill and Testament of
the above named Jacob
Igleheart in presence of us all
Jacob L Condict Senr
Charles A Tamen
John (his mark) FranceState of Kentucky, Ohio County
Monday June 2nd 1856
J. R. Seth Mosely clerk of the county
Court of said county certify that this
last will testament and codicil of
Jacob Igleheart Decd was produced in
court and duly forever to be the act
and Decd of said Jacob Igleheart by
the oaths of Jacob IL Condict Senr
and John France subscribing witnesses
thereto which being examined and
approved of by the court in order to
be recorded and thereupon on motion
of James S Igleheart who took the oath
to qualify him as excr aforesaid entered
into bond as the law directs with James
B Bennet and J. H. C. Lindley as his [a?t?]
The widow of said deceased relinquished
her right to administration qualify by her
consent in writing filed duly from
att
R eth Mosely Clk
Ohio Co [?]page 165
Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Jacob Igleheart, 10 March 1852; database with images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : viewed online 3 May 2023).
by the Court is ordered to be recorded
And thereupon Richd T Brown came
into court and took the oath to qualify
him as Admr with the will annexed of
Paulett Clark Decd and entered into bond
to the commonwealth of KY conditioned as
the law requires with Moses T Reid &
S A Taylor his securities
R Seth Mosely, Clk
Since I was able to locate this will in the county records, I was also able to attach it to Jacob Igleheart along with everyone mentioned in his will. Below is FamilySearch’s citation for the will.
“Kentucky Probate Records, 1727-1990,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9P3K-9F62?cc=1875188&wc=37R5-L29%3A173618801%2C174121601 : 20 May 2014), Ohio > Will records, Index, 1841-1862, Vol. C > image 89 of 148; county courthouses, Kentucky.