Will of Sabut Wood

Sabut Wood named grandchildren, a daughter-in-law, a daughter and sons; Levin Wood was sole executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Sabut Wood (printed SABUT WOOD)

Dated

11 November 1807

Proved

February 1808 court

Family named

Levin Wood (son); Isaac (son); Kezzia Wood (daughter); Sabet Wood (grandchild, children of my son Levin Wood); Mary Wood (grandchild, children of my son Levin Wood); Hardy Wood (grandchild, children of my son Levin Wood); Elizabeth Wood (daughter-in-law, wife of Levin Wood)

Executor

Levin Wood (son)

Witnesses

Joseph Clendennin; Jos. Harlow; George Coble

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 220.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 35.
• 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).