Thomas apparently left no will. The inventory states that Nancy KESTERSON, his wife and John KESTERSON are listed as admrs. Listed as receiving items found in the Inventory: A SCRUGGS, Patrick H HALES, W D NEILSON, P B ANDERSON, Jesse RANKINS, Leland DAVIS, A FINE, H O HYSAUL. Thomas JACKSON, E MOORE, A HENLY, Nancy KESTERSON the largest recipient. John Kesterson 2nd larges recipient. Joseph DAVID, John B GRIGSBY, Henry A HENSON, Enoch MARSHALL, Alexander NELSON, Christopher HAM, Conrod RINEHARD, NB BROWN, Arthur STROUD, James BOLING, Amos STROUD, John KESTERSON Sr. The inventory suggests that Thomas was of average income level. He had occassion to be a lender given the fact that the last 11 people listed had notes due to Thomas' Estate, including an entry for John Kesterson Sr.

** Extensive research has gone into the Thomas Kesterson line and it has been determined that he was the son of John Kesterson Sr. To date the wife of John Sr has never been found. John was the son of William and Ann Kesterson of Greene Co TN. Thomas was married to Nancy Carrol Jackson 01 August 1818 in Greene Co TN. Nancy later married John Haun in 1860.