Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Woody, James February 24, 1792
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Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume B, pages 191-192
Written: February 24, 1792
Recorded: Nov 1792
Testator: James Woody

Whereas I James Woody of Orange County
and State of North Carolina

Being weak in body yet of sound mind and
well knowing the certainty of Death and the
Uncertainty of Life Doth make this my Last
will and testament  That is to say principally
and first of all I Recommend my soul to the
Lord and my body to be Decently buried at the
Descresion of my Executors hereafter Named

2d it is my will that my young mare ["and one" x-out]
["cow" x-out] Should be sold and Equal[l]y Divided between
my two youngest brothers Namely Joseph & Lewis
Woody to be paid to them when they arrive to the [age]
of twenty one years third it is my Will that my beloved Wife Rebeckah Woody should have all
the Remainder part of my Estate after paying my
funeral Expenses and all my Just Debts

and Lastly I hereby ap[p]oint Jonathan Lindly & James
Woody Sole Executors to this my last will and Testament
hereby making Void all other Wills ["by" x-out] that may appear in
my name Ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my
Last will and Testament In witness Whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and af[f]ixed my seal this twenty fourth
Day of February seventeen hundred & Ninety two Signed
Sealed ["& Delivered by" x-out] acknowledged by the said James Woody
to be his last will & testament in the Presants
of Ezekiel Hornady Jurat
Peter Dicks
Zachariah Dicks Jurat               James Woody (seal)

[Will Book Volume B, page 191]
[Whereas] I James Woody of Orange County and
[state] of North Carolina Being weak in body yet of sound
[mind] and well knowing the certainty of Death
[and] the uncertainty of Life Doth make this
[my] last Will and Testament. That is to say
[principally] and first of all I Recommend my
[soul] to the Lord and my body to be Decently buried at
[the ] discretion of my Executors hereafter Named.
[2nd?]It is my Will that my young Mare should be
[sold] and equally divided between my two young
[est] Brothers Namely Joseph and Lewis Woody
[to be] paid to them when they arrive to the [age] of twenty
[one] years.  Third it is my Will that my beloved Wife
[Rebeckah] Woody should have all the Remainder part
[of] my Estate after paying my funeral Expenses
[and] all my Just Debts ------
[and] lastly I hereby appoint Jonathan Lindly
[and] James Woody sole Executors to this my last
[Will] and Testament hereby making Void all other

[Will Book Volume B, page 192]
Wills that may appear in my Name Ratifying [&]
confirming this and no other to be my last Will
and Testament.  In Witness whereof I have here-
-unto set my hand and affixed my seal this twenty
fourth day of February seventeen hundred and
Ninety two ---

                       James Woody (seal)
signed sealed acknowledged by the
said James Woody as his last Will and Testament
in the presence of
Ezekiel Hornady Jurate
Peter Dicks               ~~~~~~~~
Zachariah Dicks Jurate

State of North Carolina  }
Orange County            } November Term 1792
                   The Execution of the above Will
of James Woody deceased was duly proved in open
Court by the oaths of Ezekiel Hornady & Zachariah
Dicks two of the subscribing Witnesses thereto and
Ordered to be Recorded.
                       Abner B. Bruce CC

Additional Comments:
Will Book Volume B, pages 191-192
Recorded Nov 1792

Binding side (left of page 191 and right of 192)
not visible on film, obscuring the text.

No estate papers found.