Will of Anne Wood

Anne Wood named daughters, nieces and sons-in-law and appointed Thomas Wilson and Samuel Thompson executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Anne Wood (printed ANNE WOOD), widow of John Wood

Dated

5 April 1817

Proved

February 1818 court

In the court minutes

• Will proved, February 1818 term
• Administration of an estate, February 1818 term

Family named

John Wood (husband; deceased); Nancy Robinson (daughter); Jane Wilson (daughter); Rebecca Thompson (daughter); Sally Wood (niece); Ann Wilson (niece); Thomas Wilson (son-in-law); Samuel Thompson (son-in-law)

Executors

Thomas Wilson (both of Orange); Samuel Thompson (both of Orange)

Witnesses

Richard Holeman; Charles Holeman

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 521.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 79.
• 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).