Will of Elihu Wood

Elihu Wood named his wife, four daughters and three sons and appointed David Ray and Robert Fausett executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Elihu Wood (printed ELIHU WOOD), a farmer

Dated

16 September 1807

Proved

November 1807 court

Family named

Elinor (wife); William (son; under age); Hugh (son); Elihu (son; youngest); Margaret (my four daughters); Mary (my four daughters); Rebecka (my four daughters); Lucy (my four daughters)

Executors

David Ray (faithful friends); Robert Fausett, Sr. (faithful friends)

Witnesses

Jno. Kelly Sen’r; John Trimble; Joseph Wood

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 208.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 34.
• 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).