Will of Hugh Woods

Hugh Woods named his wife, sons, daughters and grandchildren and appointed his wife and son-in-law executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Hugh Woods (printed HUGH WOODS)

Dated

18 January 1794

Proved

May 1800 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, 28 May 1800
• Administration of an estate, 28 May 1800

Family named

Mary Woods (wife); Mary (wife); Joseph Elihugh (son); John (son); Susanna (daughter); Sarah (daughter); Elizabeth (daughter); Mary Ann (daughter); Milly (granddaughter, daughter of George Riggs & wife Rebecca); Hugh (grandson, son of George Riggs & wife Rebecca); James Faucette (husband of Susanna); James Faucett (son-in-law)

Executors

Mary (wife); James Faucett (son-in-law)

Witnesses

David Turrentine; James Grimes; Hugh Montgomery

Also named

George Riggs (parent of grandchildren); Rebecca (parent of grandchildren)

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 D, page 1.
• 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 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).