Look below this at this forward. I found it on another website, but knowing how many Wood/s researchers and people live in the Ft. Hill/Hamburg area, I thought this might catch the eye of someone on this site. If you see anything relevant, send your message to the two addresses below: jwoodl@mindspring.com or bwood@selu.edu Just hoping someone might be able to help these people: bETH THURMAN Monticello, AR >Return-Path: <MSCARROL-L-request@rootsweb.com> >X-Original-Sender: jwood1@mindspring.com Mon Jun 19 05:54:09 2000 >Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] WOOD- 3 BROTHERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE CSA] >Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] WOOD- 3 BROTHERS WHO FOUGHT FOR THE CSA] > Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 09:48:43 -0400 > From: "J. L. WOOD" <jwood1@mindspring.com> > To: Bonnie Bess Wood <bwood@selu.edu> >Hi Bonnie! >Thank you for your response. I don't know if you can help >me. I need someone to do lookups for all WOOD or WOODS >families listed on the 1850 Census for Carroll, Montrgomery and >Webster counties MS and possibly Attla and Holmes counties. >(Since I'm handicapped, it's difficult for me to go to the libraries to >do>research; therefore, I would be willing to pay someone to do lookups.) >I'm desparately searching for the parents/siblings of my g-grandfather, >Rev./Dr. Jesse Lee (Leonidas?) WOOD who was reportedly b. 1839 >in Duck Hill, Carroll (now Montgomery Co.) MS. Jesse would be >approx. 11 yrs. old on the 1850 Census. His family was reportedly >farming at the time.> >So far, Jesse doesn't show up anywhere until age 21 yrs. on the 1860 >Census in rural Dyer Co., TN. Nothing is known about how/when >Jesse came to TN from MS or about his parents/siblings other than >he claimed to have had three brothers (names unknown) that fought >for the CSA in the War. His parents were reportedly also born in >MS(?) and his mother's name could possibly have been Mary >BRAZEAL(sp?). In addition, the surnames ESSARY and/or >AYLMORE/ELMORE(sp?) may also possibly be in our ancestry. > >Jesse is also reported to have been part Indian according to family >hearsay and by appearance but probably no more than 1/4. >(Probably Choctaw or Chickasaw from his mother.) > >Thanks for any help you can give me. Please let me know if you >think there could be a connection with your WOOD line. I look >forward to hearing from you. >Jesse Lee "Jack" WOOD,III >Powell, OH (Formerly from TX) >jwood1@mindspring.com >Bonnie Bess Wood wrote: >> A cousin of mine in Texas forwarded your message about 3 WOOD >> brothers in the Civil War. I do not specifically know of these 3 >brothers,>> but my WOOD family is from Mississippi and I live near there. Perhaps >> I can help you.Do you know any of their given names? >> Looking forward to hearing from you. >> P.S. Just spent a harrowing trip through Ohio because of bad weather >> there this weekend. >> Bonnie Bess Wood >> Assistant Professor >> Sims Memorial Library >> Southeastern Louisiana University >> SLU 10896 >> Hammond, LA 70402 <http://www.selu.edu/Library/LS102> >> 504-549-5055 >> bwood@selu.edu