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Samuel Woods

Samuel was born on May 15th, 1727. He died at the age of 53 on January 10th, 1781 in Amherst Co, VA.

Death Notes
- d. 1792
  
  Copy of the will of Samuel Woods, dated 8th January, 1781. I, Samuel Woods, of the County of Amherst, Rockfish Settlement. To wife, Sarah, land purchased of Thomas Patton. To eldest son, James, 350 acres in Albemarle, joining Henry Kerr and Alexander Fretwell. To son, William (infant), two tracts in Amherst, joining Rockfish Meeting House, formerly the property of William Patton and William Crow; and mill property, formerly belonging to Robert and Edward Stephenson, David Black (Clack, Clark?), William Clark, and Langsdon Depriest. To three youngest daughters, to be schooled. To five daughters. Executors, Gabriel Penn, Francis Merriweather, James Brooks, James Woods, Jr., and William Woods. Leaves Jane, Hannah, Elizabeth, and William Dunon (Drenon), to his wife.
  
  Test: James Brooks
  Alexander Reid, Jr.
  William Small
  John Davis
  Joseph Smith.
  Proved in Amherst, 5th February, 1781

General Notes
- Mariied 1st Mary ? 5 SEP 1760 in Amherst Co, VA.
  Married 2nd Sarah Rice 1779.

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