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Orange County Indexed

Codicil of William (x) Woods

Will Book D, page 556

William Woods appointed uncle Robert Faucett and friend James Jackson executors in a codicil.

Kind of paper
Codicil
Testator
William (x) Woods (printed WILLIAM (x) WOODS)
Executors
Robert Faucett (my uncle); James Jackson (my trusty friend; son of James Jackson Sr.)
Also named
James Jackson Sr. (father of executor)

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 556.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 86.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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