Madison County GaArchives Wills.....Woods, Samuel September 11, 1772 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deidre Cookman ddreez@aol.com February 13, 2006, 2:20 pm Source: Rowan Co., Nc Written: September 11, 1772 September 11, 1772 Will of Samuel Woods, Rowan Co., North Carolina In the name of God Amen I Samuel Woods of __________County in the Province of North Carolina being weak in body_________ perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be to given unto God ___________mind the mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed Men once to die do make and ordain this my last will__________ that is to say principally & first of all I give and recommend_________ my Soul into the hand of Almighty God that gave_______Body I recommend to the earth to be buried in _______burial, at the Discretion of my executors______________at the general Recommendation I shall__________the mighty power of God and as touched_____________ to Ann my dearly beloved Wife one full and equal third _________all my movable Estate and also her maintenance during the time of her widowhood out of the Real Estate. Also, I give and bequeath to my Son Andrew the Sum of one shilling sterling to be paid out of my movable Estate. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Isabell the Sum of one shilling sterling out of my movable estate. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Rebekah the sum of one shilling sterling for the use of her own. Also I give and bequeth to my son Samuel the sum of one shilling sterling. Also, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth one shilling sterling. Also, I give and bequeath my daughter Margaret the sum of one shilling sterling. Also I give and bequeath my daughter Martha on full and equal third part of the remain________two thirds of my movable estate. Also, I give and bequeath my Son Alexander one full and equal third part of the remaining two thirds of my movable Estate. Also I give and bequeath _____Son James the Rem___of my movable Estate and as__________my Real Estate or Lands now in my possession I ____that the same be equally divided between my Son______________ and my Son James and I do likewise and or that _______ sale or depose of his part of the land without the_______executors. Also I do order & appoint that of ____from estate my Daughter Elizabeth doth be her land ___________and this they give her__________. Also, I do hereby confirm & appoint Ann my beloved wife and my Son Andrew and my Son Samuel Executors of this my Last Will and testament. Also I do constitue & appint Griffith Rutherford and John Rofe overseers of this my last will and testament I do hereby make void all other Wills, certify and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness where of I have here unto se my hand and seal this Eleventh day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy two. Samuel Woods Sighed sealed and acknowledge in the witness of Robert Lim Mary Lim(her mark) Susana Lim Additional Comments: Samuel Woods B:1718 Ire, Father of Samuel Woods b. 1740 Va m: Elizabeth Patton, Grandfather of Robert Woods b. 1767 Rowan Co., NC d. 7-3-1839 Madison Co., Ga File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/madison/wills/woods428gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb