Will of John Woods

John Woods named Ann and sons, excepted Joseph Woods alias Joseph Baldridge, and appointed Samuel and David Woods executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

John Woods (printed JOHN WOODS)

Dated

29 June 1808

Proved

November 1813 court

Family named

Ann Woods (wife); David Woods (son); Samuel (son); William Woods (All my children); John Woods (All my children); Samuel Woods (All my children); Thomas Woods (All my children); Joseph Woods alias Joseph Baldridge (All my children)

Executors

Samuel (son); David Woods (son)

Witnesses

Jas. H. Bowman; John Hanks

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 393.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 58.
• 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).