Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Wood, Elihu May 17, 1807
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume D, pages 208-211
Written: May 17, 1807
Recorded: Nov 1807
Testator: Elihu Wood

In the Name of God Amen, I Elihu Wood of the county
of Orange and State of North Carolina a Farmer, ~~~
being Very weak in body but of perfect mind And
Memory, Thanks be unto Almighty God, Calling unto
Mind the Mortallity of my body, and Knowing that
it is appointed for all men once to Die, Do make and
Ordain this my last will And Testament - that is
to Say Principally And first of All - I Give and
Recommend my Soul into the hand of Almighty God
that gave it ~~ and my Body I Recommend to the earth
to be Buried in a Decent Buriel ~~  at the Discretion
of my Executors ~~ Nothing Doubting but at General
Resurrection I Shall Receive the Same again by the
Mighty Power of God ~~ And Touching Such worldly
Estate as it has pleased God to bless me with in this life
I Give ~~ Demise ~~ and Dispose of in the following ~~~
Man[n]er and form ~~~ first ~~ it is my will that all
my Just Debts and Funerall Expence be paid As
Speedily As possible ~~ Secondly ~~ I Give And bequea=
th unto my loveing Wife Elinor the Plantation where=
=on I now live with all the farming Utentialls ~ And
Household furniture ~~ excepting thirty pound of ~~
Feathers ~~ Also I Give my Said wife four Head of
Horses ~~ (To Wit) Blase, Ball,~ Buck ~ and Toby ~~ for
the use of the Plantation together with all the Stock
of Cattle Hogs And Sheep for the use of my Said
Wife And family Dureing her life or widowhood and
if She my Said wife Should Marry it is my will that She
be put to third part of Real and personal estate

[page 2]
I Give to my four Daughters Margret Mary ~~~
Rebecka and Lucy all the Geese on the plantation to be
Supported with the produce of the plantation for the
Purpose of making beds for them the Said Daughters ~~~
it is my will that my two Negroes Davi ~~ and Het ~~
be Hired Out untill my Son William com[e] to the age [of]
Twenty One Years - the mon[e]y Arising therefrom to be laid
for the Support of my Children if thought necessary by
my Executors ~~ And if not needed to be put to Interest
And the Interest equally Divided between all my children
and it is my will that at any time when oppertunity
Served that my Executors sell my Negroe wench Het ~~
and Her Price be laid out for a Negro Girl Such as
My Executors may Approve And said Girl put in my
House for the use of my said wife And Children Dureing
the life or widowhood of my Said wife ~ At which time
my Negroe boy Isaac together with two former
Named Negroes and the Increase of the wench if
there Should be any ["to be Sold and" x-out] to be Divided
Equally between my Daughters if there Should be more
than One for each Girl the Overplus to be Divided between
my Boys ~~~ I Give And bequeath unto my Daughter
Margret my Negroe Girl Sinthy ~~ And the first living
Child She has to my Daughter Mary And the Residue
if any to Margret and her Heirs forever with one
Feather bed and furniture ~~ I give and Bequeath to
Son[sic] William - Hugh - and Elihugh one Horse Sadle &

[page 3]
And Bridle to each as they Arive to Twenty one Years
of Age ~ I give and Bequeath to my Daughter Mary
one Cow and Calf and one feather Bed and furniture
When She Comes of age ~ I give to my Daughter ~~
Rebecka one feather Bed And furniture And one
Cow and Calf when She Comes of age ~~ I give And
Bequeath unto my Daughter Lucy one feather bed
And furniture when She comes to Age And one
Cow and Calf ~~ I Give and Bequeath unto my three Sons
William ~~ Hugh ~~ and Elihu ~~ the plantation whereon
I now live to be Equally Divided At the Death of
my Wife ~~ the East end to my two Eldest William
and Hugh ~ and the west end to my Youngest son
Elihu - but when the Eldest two Mar[r]y they are to
Have Liberty to Settle on the west end William to have
Choice ~~ it is my will that my Executors make Saile of
All the Property Not Disposed of And make Divition
As A Bove Mentioned ~~ I Appoint my faithfull
friends David Ray and Robert Fauset Senr. my
Executors of this my last Will And Testament In
witness whereof I have Hereunto Set my Hand and
Seal this Sixteenth Day of September in the Year of
our lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Seven
Signed Sealed published pronounced }      Elihu Woods (Seal)
and Declared by the Elihu Wood     }
as his last Will and Testament     } Jno Kelly Senr.
                                   } John Trimble
                                   } Joseph Woods   Jurat

              Robert Fausett qualified

[Will Book Volume D, page 208]
In the Name of God Amen I Elihu Wood of the
County of Orange and State of North Carolina a farmer
being very weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory
thanks be unto Almighty God, Caling(sic) unto mind the
mortality of my Body and Knowing that it is appointed
for all men Once to die Do make & ordin this my last
Will & Testament that is to say Principally and first of
all I give and recommend my soul into the Hand of

[Will Book Volume D, page 209]
Almighty God that gave it and my Body I recommend
to the earth to be buried in a decent burial at the discretion
of my executors Nothing Doubting but at general resurrection
I Shall receive the same again by the mighty Power of God -
and touching Such worldly Estate as it hath pleased God to
bless me with in this life I give demise and dispose of in
the following manner and form (first) It is my Will that
all my Just Debts and funeral Expence be paid as spee
dily as possible - Secondly I give and bequeath unto my
loving Wife Elinor the plantation whereon I now live with all
the farming utensils and Household furniture excepting thir
ty pound of Feathers - Also I give my said Wife four head
of Horse (To Wit) Blase, Ball Buck and Toby for the use of the
Plantation together with all the stock of Cattle Hogs and Sheep
for the use of my said Wife & family during her life or
Widowhood and if She my said Wife should Marry it is
my Will that She be put to third part of real and person
al estate - I give to my four Daughters Margret Mary Rebecka
and Lucy all the geese on the plantation to be Supported
with with(sic) the produce of the plantation for the purpose
of Makeing beds for them the said Daughters it is my
Will that my two negroes Dave and Het be hired out
Untill my son William come to the age of twenty one
years the money arising therefrom to be laid for the sup
port of my Children if thout necessary by my Executors
And if not needed to be put to Interest and the inte
rest equally divided between all my Children and it is
my Will that at any time When oppertunity Served
that my Executors sell my negroe wench Het

[Will Book Volume D, page 210]
and her price be laid Out for a negroe Girl Such as my Executors
may approve and Said Girl put in my House for the use of my
said Wife and Children during the life or Widowhood of my
Said Wife, at Which time my negroe boy Isaac together
With two former named Negroes and the increase of the
Wench if there Should be any to be divided equally between
my Daughters if there Should be more than One for each Girl
the overplus to be divided between my boys - I give and
bequeath unto my Daughter Margret my Negroe Girl
Senthy and the first liveing child She has to my
Daughter Mary and the residue if any to Margret and
her heirs forever With one feather bed and furniture -
I give and bequeath to Son(sic) William Hugh and Elihu one
Horse Saddle and Bridle to each as they arive to twenty one
Years of Age, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mary
One Cow and Calf and one feather Bed and furniture
When She Comes of age - I give to my Daughter Rebecka
one feather Bed and furniture and one Cow and Calf when
She Comes of age - I give and bequeath unto my Daugh
ter Lucy one feather Bed and furniture when She comes
to age and one Cow and Calf - I give and bequeath
unto my three Sons William Hugh and Elihu the plan
tation Whereon I now live to be equally Divided at the
Death of my Wife the East end to my two Eldest Willi
am and Hugh and the West end to my youngest
Elihu but when the Eldest two Marry they are to
have Liberty to Settle on the West and William to
have Choice - It is my Will that my Executors
make Sale of all the property not Disposed of and
make Division as above mentioned I appoint my

[Will Book Volume D, page 211]
faithfull friends David Ray and Robert Faussett Senr my
Executors of this my last Will & Testament In Witness
Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Six
teenth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thou
Sand Eight Hundred and Seven-
Signed Sealed published pronounced
and Declared by the Elihu Wood
as his last Will and Testament
Jno Kelly Senr                    Elihu Woods (Seal)
John Trimble
Joseph Wood

                    Orange County Novr Term 1807
The Execution of the foregoing last Will and Testament
of Elihu Woods Dec. was duly proved in Open Court
by the Oath of Joseph Wood one of the Subscribing
Witnesses thereto and ordered to be recorded at the
Same time Robt Fauset one of the Executors therein
named qualified accordingly

                Test J Taylor CCC
                By Q. G. Benton

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume D, pages 208-211
Recorded Nov 1807

Binding edge of the pages not visible in Will Book.

Estate Papers comprise 56 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Woods, Elihu (1807)"

Testator died in Oct 1807

Margaret Wood married James R. Hopkins.

Mary and Rebecca died without marrying and without issue.

Lucy married Eli Woods, son of Joseph Woods.  Died without issue.

William died without issue, leaving a will, James Jackson Jr. as executor.

Hugh Wood resided in Bedford County, Tennessee, 10 Jul 1829, when he made granted power of attorney to his brother Elihu.

On 23 Dec 1819, Dave sold for £200-00-00,  Isaac for £250-00-00, Hett for £150-00-00

After Het/Hett/Hetty was sold for £150-00-00, the testator's widow was given Letty in her place.  There are several mentions of this i n the estate papers - petitions, answers, accounts and receipts.

[Estate Papers - Inventory Jul 1807]
A Inventory of the Estate of Elihugh Woods Deceasd

Four negrows Dav Het Isack Simpy

[note: very faint and indistinct]

[Estate Papers - Inventory 21 Jan 1825]

A list of the property of
the ares[heirs] of Eli H Woods Deceast

one Negro girl named Cyntha