At 01:43 PM 3/15/99 -0600, you wrote: >I have a whole bunch of Wood in my family in Macoupin County. Married into the >Moores. No Maxy though. Could her parents be relation or brothers or sisters? >Nancy Moore Hi Nancy, My Maxy WOOD's parents were Stephen & Preshea (Riley) WOOD. Her parents were Ninian Riley & Elizabeth Taylor The family was all originally from Montgomery Co. Maryland, then moved to North Carolina about 1790, and then to Fayette Co. KY about 1800. Quite a while later Stephen & Preshea and family moved again, just a bit north to Shelby Co. KY. In 1830 they moved once more, to Greene Co. IL, arriving in Sept 1830. Their son Amon Wood had a very large family and left a lot of descendants in Greene Co. He helped found a village once called Woodville, but which today only exists as a farm-area crossroads called "Woody," south of Carrollton. The name Moore does not ring any bells, so it is possible they were not connected. We don't presently have any info on Stephen's brothers or sisters, but his father was said to be Jacob Wood, also of Montgomery Co. Maryland. There were a number of Wood folks in that area in late 1700's, at least some of which must have been related. Let me know if any of this rings a bell! Gloria Atwater