Will of Samuel Underwood

Samuel Underwood named wife Anna, five sons and six daughters; his wife and son Alexander were executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Samuel Underwood (printed SAMUEL UNDERWOOD)

Dated

March 1773

Proved

May 1774 court

Family named

Anna (wife); Henry (son); Alex (son); Samuel (son); Benjamin (son); James (son); Mary Cloud (daughter; eldest); Anne (daughter); Jane (daughter; four youngest); Ruth (daughter; four youngest); Sarah (daughter; four youngest); Elizabeth (daughter; four youngest)

Executors

Anna (wife); Alexander (son)

Witnesses

John Marshall; William Ward; Jacob Marshall

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

• Orange County Will Book A, page 148.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded 1752 through 1800 in Orange County, North Carolina, Will Books A, B and C (Davie Poplar Chapter NSDAR, revised edition 1966).
• Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
• Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).