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Inventory: Joseph Woody to Joseph Woody and others

Will Book A, page 307 · dated 5 July 1784 · proved August 1784

Joseph Woody listed goods from Francis Bartlett’s estate sold at public auction and identified the purchasers.

Kind of paper
Inventory
Made by
Joseph Woody
Dated
5 July 1784
Proved
August 1784 court
To
Joseph Woody (Purchasers); John Thompson (Purchasers); James Partin (Purchasers); Henry Paris (Purchasers); Caleb Williams (Purchasers); Rachel Phinney (Purchasers); Joseph Norman (Purchasers); Thomas Bradshaw (Purchasers); Samuel McMullen (Purchasers); Thomas Whitehead (Purchasers); Henry O'Daniel (Purchasers); Mary Pennel (Purchasers); Margaret McMullin (Purchasers); Mary Taylor (Purchasers); John Winnery (Purchasers); Robert Winnery (Purchasers); Samuel Stuart (Purchasers); John Morton (Purchasers); John Steel (Purchasers); Moses Payce (Purchasers); Catren Whitehead (Purchasers); William Paris (Purchasers); Wm. Barekley (Purchasers); Elie McDaniel (Purchasers); John Payne (Purchasers); Molton Mubanks (?) (Purchasers); James Roach (Purchasers)
Also named
FRANCIS BARTLETT (deceased)

Reading note: Purchaser Molton Mubanks (?) uncertain.

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 307.
  • 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).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80001, “Record of Wills, 1752–1795, Vols. A, B” (State Archives film).
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