Court records of Chatham Co, NC record the deaths of John Womack (his will here) and his brother Brittain/Albridgton Womack (his estate records here).
LDS Film # 008189498, image 287/593. Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1811-1816, Chatham Co, NC, p.139, 14 Feb 1814: The last Will and Testament of John Womack decd was duly exhibited in open Court and proved by the Oath of Parish Cross a witness thereto whereupon William Allen one of the Executors therein named came into Court and was duly qualified. Rorie Womack the other Executor therein named refused.
LDS Film # 008189498, image 391/593. Minutes, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1816-1822, Chatham Co, NC, p.54, 13 May 1817 (court started on first Monday of May 1817, this record was on Tuesday, date derived with perpetual calendar): Administration of all and Singular the Goods and Chattels rights and credits of Brittain Womack decd is granted Willie [clerk originally wrote 'William' but changed it to 'Willie'] Womack who entered into Bond in the Sum of One thousand Pounds with Thomas Barham and Brittain Womack his Securities & was qualified. Ordered that Willie Womack Administrator of Brittain Womack decd have leave to sell the perishable estate of said deceased.
Some notes:
William Allen, alias William Womack, was the son of John Womack by common law wife Susannah Allen. John Womack made his will on 29 July 1813, naming sons Rorie Womack and William Allen as executors of his will. Rorie was over 21, and William at least close to 21 when John made his will. John would not have appointed a child his executor. Yet, I see in multiple online trees the assertion that the William Womack (born circa 1802) who married Elizabeth Sheppard was William Allen Womack, son of John Womack and Susannah Allen. William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was in Marion Co, GA in the 1850 federal census. This William would have been about 11 years old when John Womack made his will. William Womack who married Elizabeth Sheppard was not John's son.
'Willie' Womack's first name was pronounced Wiley, and often written as Wiley. Also written as Wile, Willy, Wilie, etc. Note that several men in this period spelled the name 'Willie', but pronounced it as Wiley, included the 3rd governor of Tennessee, Willie Blount (pronounced Wiley Blunt): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Blount. Clerks often confused the names William, Willie and Wiley in written court documents.
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