My Woods query for the weekend: Does anyone have a clue as to what family a William Woods, born ABT 1792 in NC descends? William shows up on the 1860 Spartanburg County SC census (Fort Prince P.O.) with a wife named Elizabeth born ABT 1791, also in NC. There are no Woodses whatsoever on the 1850 Spartanburg County Census, and the only Woods "head of household" on the 1860 Spartanburg County Census are this William, and my elusive gggrandfather Henry J. Woods (b NC 1826). As both William and Henry, seemingly from nowhere, appear in Spartanburg SC in time for the 1860 Census, and they both were born in NC, perhaps they are somehow connected? Or perhaps it it just another coincidence. Thanks for any help. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico
#16 Posting Caswell Co. N.C. Will Book Index Book P 1843-1847 Joseph BRACKIN 1846 page 338 Francis WARE 1846 page 340 Jacob HENDERSON 1846 page 341 James B. ROBERTSON 1846 page 342 John FOSTER 1846 page 343 Sarah STANFIELD 1846 page 350 Robert BOLTON 1846 page 361 Elizabeth BOLEY 1846 page 362 William H. ROPER 1846 page 363 Anthony STEPHENS Sr 1846 page 364 Samuel PAGE 1846 page 365 Nathan SLADE 1846 page 366 Elizabeth GAMBLE 1847 page 387 Benjamin JOHNSTON 1847 page 388 Elizabeth ROBERTS 1847 page 398 (originaly filed under WALKER) Silvanus STOKES 1847 page 427 John SAWYER 1847 page 482 David MONTGOMERY 1847 page 483 D.C. BARKER 1847 page 500 (David C. BARKER) page 500 John A. DAVIS 1847 page 501 Thomas REED 1847 page 502 Eliza HOWARD 1848 page 522 William MASSEY 1848 page 523 Sarah W. ROGERS 1848 page 524 To be continued...
Posting #15 Index of Caswell Co. N.C. Will Book Will Book P 1843-1847 Elisha E. HOOPER 1843 page 1 Catherine WITHERS 1843 page 2 Thomas PRENDERGAST 1843 page 17 Robert BROWNING 1843 page 18 William McKINNEY 1843 page 20 William STONE 1843 page 20 Lucy BUCKINGHAM 1843 page 21 Keziah DONOHO 1844 page 73 Joseph PULLIAM 1844 page 109 Alexander MILES 1844 page 131 Sarah S. SMITH 1844 page 132 Daniel JACKSON 1844 page 160 Levi WALKER 1844 page 161 Thomas WARE 1845 page 185 Hugh WARE 1845 page 188 Thomas LEA Sr 1845 page 190 Sarah JONES 1845 page 194 Elisha ALVERSON 1845 page 203 Charles THACKER 1845 page 219 Abner GOOCH 1845 page 232 Litty/Letty MORTON 1845 page 236 and 267 Thomas ROAN 1846 page 265 William GRAVES 1846 page 283 John McCADEN 1846 page 291 Robert McCAIN 1846 page 298 James ANDERSON 1846 page 299 Elizabeth ROWARK 1846 page 310 Obediah NUNNALLY 1846 page 317 William BRINTLE 1846 page 336 Samuel PITTARD 1846 page 337 To be continued....
Index of Caswell Co. N.C. Will Book Will Book O 1840-1843 John TAPSCOTT 1840 page 1 David BARKER 1840 page 3 William PARKER 1840 page 79 Edmund HERNDON 1840 page 122 Martha BRADSHER 1840 page 123 Zera GWYN 1840 page 125 Christopher W. BROOKS 1840 page 126 Mary KIMBROUGH 1841 page 194 John BRAWTON 1841 page 196 Edward H. ROBERTSON 1841 page 218 William B. LANGHORNE 1841 page 221 Allen BURTON 1841 page 224 John DAVIS 1841 page 253 James RAINEY 1841 page 254 John RICHMOND Sr ca1830 page 255 Richard MARTIN ca1841 page 317 John HULETT ca1840 page 318 William P. DAVIS ca1840 page 377 James KINNEBRUGH ca1842 page 439 Alford PARKS ca1842 page 474 Joseph ROWE ca1836 page 476 Eleven ROBERTS ca1841 page 485 Zilpah YANCY ca1843 page 486 To be continued....
Caswell County, N.C. Will Index Book N 1837-1839 Mason SANDERS 1837 page 10 Mary Ann HUSTON 1837 page 11 Hasten BARTLETT 1837 page 13 William STEPHENS Sr 1837 page 14 Joseph HENDERSON 1837 page 43 Stephen HADDOCK 1837 page 47 Martha HARRELSON 1837 page 48 Joseph McDOWELL 1837 page 49 William CANTRILL 1837 page 50 Lettice FOSTER 1837 page 56 Jane KING 1837 page 58 Azariah GRAVES 1837 page 59 Nancy TAYLOR 1837 page 63 Mary CATES 1837 page 114 Robert MARTIN 1837 page 115 Henry FULLER 1838 page 147 John MITCHELL 1838 page 148 Thomas PAGE 1838 page 149 William BETHELL 1838 page 150 James MONTGOMERY 1838 page 198 Elizabeth W. TAPSCOTT 1838 page 201 John COBBS Sr 1838 page 202 Jarratt POWELL 1838 page 203 George SHELTON 1838 page 244 Elisha ROWARK 1838 page 275 Elizabeth WILLSON 1838 page 286 Thomas STAFFORD 1839 page 287 John C. LEA 1839 page 337 Thomas STEPHENS 1839 page 341 Andrew JOHNSTON 1839 page 342 Elizabeth ANDERSON 1839 page 343 Rucker T. LEA 1839 page 344 Nathan WILLIAMSON 1839 page 347 George A. SWIFT 1839 page 375 Judith HALL 1839 page 377 Benjamin HOOPER 1839 page 377 Elisha BERRY 1839 page 379 To be continued...
Caswell Co. NC Will Book Index Will Book M 1831-1836 William SAWYER 1831 page 1 James BRINTLE 1831 page 3 Martha LION 1831 page 14 Lewis BARTON 1831 page 15 Thomas BENNETT 1831 page 23 Elizabeth COILE 1832 page 82 William GOOCH 1832 page 83 James NELSON 1832 page 84 William SMITH 1832 page 86 Francis TERRELL 1832 page 88 David MITCHELL 1831 page 89 Benjamin CARTER 1832 page 159 John LEA 1832 page 160 Thomas JEFFREYS 1832 page 162 Andrew HARRISON Sr 1832 page 164 Henry TAPSCOTT 1832 page 188 Thomas SWAN Sr 1832 page 190 Benjamin HARRISON Sr 1832 page 191 William RICHMOND 1832 page 222 Lancelott JOHNSTON 1832 page 223 Joel CANNON 1832 page 225 Aaron SIMPSON 1833 page 280 Simon DENNY 1833 page 318 George ROBERTS 1833 page 319 Daniel GWYN 1833 page 342 Nancy H. HARVILL 1833 page 345 Henry HOOPER 1833 page 353 Judith DAVIS 1834 page 409 Gabriel LEA ca1826 page 433 William COBB 1835 page 462 Elizabeth MALONE 1835 page 464 Thomas VAUGHN 1835 page 475 Elizabeth BARTON 1835 page 498 James LEA Sr 1835 page 507 Micajah PLEASANT Sr 1835 page 527 Zachariah HASTING 1835 page 529 Joseph SCOTT 1835 page 532 John MIMS 1836 page 535 Joshua HIGHTOWER 1836 page 537 Ransom BOSWELL 1836 page 538 Jonathan STARKEY 1836 page 560 John McMURRAY 1836 page 613 John JEFFREYS 1836 page 614 William PLEASANT 1836 page 614 To be continued......
My ROBBINS are: I. Arthur ROBBINS, Sr. m. Penelope SELLERS II. Arthur ROBBINS, Jr. II. Benjamin ROBBINS, Sr. 17__-1831 m. Sarah WELLS III. Solomon ROBBINS 1791 NC - 1879 AL III. Daniel ROBBINS 1795 NC - 1851 AL III. Joel ROBBINS III. Benjamin ROBBINS, Jr. III. Eliza ROBBINS II. William Absolom ROBBINS, Sr. 17__-1826 III. William Absolom ROBBINS, Jr. II. Joel ROBBINS 17__-1821 II. Jonathan ROBBINS II. Daniel ROBBINS II. Penelope ROBBINS m. Joel REAVES, Sr. II. ? II. ? If we connect, I would love to share information. I haven't gotten everything into FTM, but I am working on it. Diane
My surnames are: Barr - Ireland, MS Baskerville - SC, GA, AL Brown - NC Cooper - NC Darden - AL Dexter - MA to MS Ficquett/Fiquett - AL, GA Fisher - NC Harvell - NC Hendrix - NC Hodnett - everywhere Horner - NC Lawing - NC Lowe - NY, AL Malone - NC Martin - NC, GA, AL McGehee - VA, GA, AL Robbins - GA, AL Terrell - AL Underwood - NC Wilson - NC Woodruff - NC
Seeking anyone researching FARMER lines in North Carolina around 1790-1810. I am trying to find any mention of Henry S. FARMER, (or any Henry FARMER) b.? - d. Pulaski Co., KY 1840. Dave Farmer ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
Caswell Co. NC Will Book Index Will Book L 1826-1831 Eunice LEA 1826 page 1 William BRUMMIT 1826 page 76 Griffin GUNN ca1825 page 77 James GILLASPIE ca1821 page 78 Joseph YOUNGER 1826 page 79 David STRADER 1826 page 80 James RICHARDSON ca1826 page 112 Fanny JEFFREYS 1826 page 130 Daniel MALONE ca1826 page 131 Benjamin T. FIELDER ca1826 page 174 Anderson MORTON 1827 page 195 John PASCALL 1827 page 195 James BROWN Sr 1827 page 196 William WEATHERFORD 1827 page 197 John H. McADIN 1827 page 198 George ELLIOTT Jr 1827 page 241 Barzillai GRAVES 1827 page 244 Elizabeth KIMBROUGH 1828 page 266 Obadiah HOLLOWAY 1828 page 272 Alexander WINSTEAD 1828 page 276 John HASTING 1828 page 277 Winifred TAPSCOTT 1828 page 278 Nathan MOORE 1828 page 279 John CAMPBELL 1828 page 297 Dixon DONOHO 1828 page 319 William PENICK 1828 page 320 Margaret McADEN 1828 page 322 Benjamin HOWELL 1828 page 323 Martin TURNER 1829 page 335 Nathaniel M. COMER 1829 page 337 Jethro BROWN 1829 page 337 Hezekiah BOSWELL 1829 page 364 Thomas CONNALLY 1829 page 391 Samuel LOVE 1829 page 393 Elenor KING 1829 page 394 John B. PONSONBY 1829 page 396 Thomas T. HUMFREYS 1830 page 441 John ELMORE 1830 page 441 George HUSTON 1830 page 443 John GRAVES 1830 page 462 Reubin TAYLOR 1830 page 510 Col. George LEA 1830 page 511 John BARKER 1830 page 512 Grief L. LAMPKIN 1830 page 513 Thomas SLADE Sr 1830 page 560 Richard ARNOLD 1830 page 567 William McDANIEL 1831 page 604 Mary KERR 1831 page 626 Rachel CHRISTY 1831 page 627 Isaac CANTRILL Sr 1831 page 628 James FULLER 1831 page 630 William SMITH 1831 page 631 Luke PRENDERGRAST 1831 page 632 To be continued...
#10 Posting.... Caswell County N.C. Will Index Will Book I 1821-1825 Joseph PAYNE 1821 page 1 Frances SWIFT 1821 page 17 John INGRAM 1822 page 69 John ANDERSON 1822 page 71 Obediah NUNNALLY 1822 page 73 Thomas DAVIS 1822 page 91 Sterling RUFFIN 1822 page 92 Joseph PULLIAM 1822 page 147 Martha KERSEY 1822 page 148 Alexander MURPHEY 1823 page 197 John KIMBROUGH 183 page 205 Isaac DURHAM 1823 page 235 Carlton NUNN 1823 page 236 Joseph SWANN 1823 page 239 Zillah BLACKWELL 1823 page 241 Thomas PHELPS 1823 page 247 John BURCH of Conecuh Co. AL 1824 page 283 John BOWERS 1824 page 301 Enock REES (filed under Rees Enock) 1824 page 309 Wilson CATES 1824 page 313 Solomon PARKS 1824 page 326 Mary DOLLERHIDE 1824 page 328 Nicholas MATLOCK 1824 page 329 Elizabeth HOLT 1825 page 343 Jane CRAUSETT 1825 page 344 - ------------------------------------------------------------------- There is no Will Book J - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Book K Major Thomas DONOHO 1825-page 58 Zachariah PATTILLO 1825 page 61 Henry McCLARNEY 1825 page 63 William CULBERSON Sr Sr 1825 page 64 James SANDERS Sr 1825 page 93 John BALDWIN 1825 page 98 Major BROCKMAN 1825 page 100 Thomas WILEY 1825 page 101 Margaret COMER 1825 page 103 To be continued....
Hello, I am researching the line of MORTON, which according to the 1818 Williamson County, TN tax lists, settled in the Williamson County area until at least 1920. I am trying to identify the parents of "Stephen" Step MORTON, b. circa 1780, possibly in North Carolina or Virginia. Step MORTON married Nancy RICHMOND Jan. 2, 1809, in Caswell County, NC. "Step" MORTON, is listed along with Samuel C. MORTON, Sr., Anderson MORTON, Mary and Meshack MORTON on the 1810 Caswell County, NC census. Then Step and Samuel are listed on the 1820 and 1830 Williamson County, TN census records. Step MORTON, a widower, died about 1836. Below is the list of known children; the 1820 and 1830 census listed 3 more children, their names remain unknown: Mary MORTON - b. c. 1810, m. Moses BEARD or BAIRD, 1831. Nancy MORTON - b. 1822 (listed in the same household with Joseph S. Morton on 1850 Williamson Cty census) Joseph S. MORTON - b. 1824 m. Comfort M. Guinn, 4/1843, Maury Cty, TN, d. aft. 1917 in Brentwood, TN. E. Annis MORTON - b. m. Henry Edgar 1841 Step MORTON - b. 1835 d. 1851. According to Step MORTON's probate records, Nancy, Joseph, Annis and Step Jr. were orphans and placed under guardianship of Moses and Mary MORTON-BEARD. Joseph S. MORTON had two sons, Benjamin Moses Morton and John Wesley Morton. My line is through Benjamin and Bettie J. Glenn-Morton. I would appreciate any help and would be happy to share info! Thanks, Cindy Morton Del Castillo [email protected]
Looking for information on an Alexander Woods who married a Mary Robinson (this might be Robison). They supposedly had five sons and one daughter. The only one I've found reference to is a John Woods (1795-1852) who married a Sarah Ann Lynch. There is an Alexander Woods on the 1840 Orange County NC Census, however I am unsure if it is the same individual, or perhaps one of Alexander and Mary's other unknown sons. My great-great-grandfather Henry J Woods (b. NC 1826) named his first daughter "Lynch," according to the 1860 Spartanburg County SC Census. As this appears to be an unusual first name for a daughter, I feel there may be a real possibility that I have finally narrowed the field, and that Henry could be the son of John Woods and Sarah Ann Lynch. In addition to the above questions, I would be particularly interested in determining who Alexander's parents might be. Thanks again for any help or suggestions in sorting out this family Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico
#9 Posting Caswell Co. NC Will Book Index Will Book H 1817-1821 James WILLSON 1817 page 1 Catherine CURRIE 1817 page 2 Robbin KING Sr 1817 page 43 Nathaniel COMER 1817 page 83 Amace STOKES 1817 page 85 Archibald MURPHEY 1818 page 126 John WINDSOR Sr 1818 page 131 Charles LEWIS 1818 page 133 David DAVIS 1818 page 168 Joseph DAMERON 1818 page 168 George M. WILLSON 1818 page 169 Mary MORTON 1818 page 171 Frances HIGHTOWER 1818 page 188 Jesse HOOD 1818 page 189 Ann YANCEY 1818 page 211 George CONNALLY 1819 page 237 Matthew HUBBARD 1819 page 240 Samuel HENDERSON 1819 page 257 Francis TUGGLE 1818 page 283 Roderick BIGELOW 1819 page 284 Robert DAVIS 1819 page 284 James LEA 1819 page 285 Francis HOWARD 1819 page 286 Thomas ELAM 1819 page 290 James ORR 1820 page 295 William PETTILLO 1820 page 296 Jacob WRIGHT 1820 page 297 William OWEN 1820 page 301 Ann VINCENT 1820 page 328 Samuel PILLARD 1820 page 330 Brittain MOORE 1820 page 331 James LAMKIN 1820 page 358 Peggy NEALEY 1820 page 359 William GORDON 1820 page 377 Moses BRADSHER Sr 1820 page 384 Benjamin NORMAN 1820 page 395 Phillip W. JACKSON 1821 page 404 Henry WILLIS 1821 page 405 To be continued...
#8 Posting Caswell Co. NC Will Book Index Will Book G 1814-1817 Milner BENNETT 1814 page 6 John TERRELL 1814 page 21 Abner BURTON 1814 page 23 Sally KERSEY 1815 page 76 John HUDNALL 1815 page 77 William JOHNSTON 1815 page 79 William UMPHREY 1815 page 88 Robert PARKS 1815 page 108 John KEEN 1815 page 111 Richard ESKRIDGE 1816 page 124 Jesse CARTER 1816 page 126 Robert BLACKWELL 1816 page 128 Henry QUINE 1816 page 130 Nathaniel PASS 1816 page 131 Nathan WILLIAMSON 1816 page 133 Charles B. BROOKS 1816 page 134 Thomas SWIFT 1816 page 148 Ann RICHMOND 1816 page 151 Thomas LEACHMAN 1816 page 153 Gregory DURHAM 1816 page 154 John PENIX 1816 page 156 Elizabeth LONG 1816 page 158 Samuel JOHNSTON Sr 1816 page 216 John HENSLEE 1816 page 301 Samuel SMITH 1816 page 303 Molly/Mary PARKS 1816 page 306 William Kennon HARRISON 1816 page 307 John H. BROWN 1817 page 347 Elizabeth SWIFT 1817 page 350 James WARREN 1817 page 351 To be continued...
#7 Caswell Co. NC Will Index Book E 1803-1808 Ann BROOKS 1808 page 379 James KITCHEN 1808 page 379 Elizabeth SMYTHE 1808 page 380 Christopher DAMERON 1808 page 381 Rosannah McCLARNEY 1808 page 392 Laurence LEA 1808 page 418 Isaac JACKSON 1808 page 420 Isakiah FARLEY 1808 page 421 and 428 John TENNISSON 1808 page 422 Ann GRANT (James) 1808 page 427 William SWIFT 1808 page 429 - ----------------------------------------------------------------- Will Book F 1808-1814 William NASH 1808 page 1 Thomas BOULTON 1808 page 2 Noel COLEMAN 1808 page 2 Noah COBB 1808 page 3 Alexander MacNEIL 1808 page 4 Conrad STRADER 1808 page 19 Bartholomew DAMERON 1809 page 20 Elizabeth WILLIAMSON 1809 page 21 George SIMS 1809 page 22 Wiliam P. SWIFT 1809 page 69 William GRAYHAM Sr 1809 page 70 Henry TURNER 1809 page 70 Thomas JACKSON 1809 page 83 Joseph BUSH 1809 page 85 Alston STALCUP 1810 page 116 James SIMPSON 1811 page 158 John JONES 1811 page 173 James McMILLION 1811 page 174 Richard BENNETT 1811 page 197 Epephroditus STONE 1811 page 204 Laban STAFFORD 1811 page 204 Anthony SWIFT 1811 page 210 Susannah LEATH 1811 page 242 William RICHARDSON 1811 page 243 Joseph FARLEY 1811 page 244 John WARRICK 1812 page 251 Samuel BRACKEN 1812 page 268 John KERSEY 1812 page 303 Robert BLACKWELL 1813 page 346 Lewis MALONE 1813 page 363 Hannah SLADE 1813 page 373 Annes/Anner SAMUEL 1813 page 374 Alexander KERR 1814 page 374 Bartlett HATCHETT 1814 page 389 John DOBBINS 1814 page 409 To be Continued....
Does anyone recognize these names? Buckner SIMMS married Nancy WHITLOCK on Oct 20, 1784 in Caswell Co. Have seen this in a family Bible and on the IGI. Cannot find the families they belong to. Buckner is listed in the 1810 fc. for Surry Co., NC, then the 1830 fc. for Butler Co., OH, then disappears from any records. Any help greatly appreciated. Judy JMoore1062 @aol.com
#6 Posting Index of Caswell Co. NC Will Book E 1803-1808 John SOMERS 1803 page 4 John LEA Sr 1803 page 5 William ANGLIN 1803 page 6 Gideon PATTERSON 1803 page 8 Elizabeth POSTON 1803 page 26 Charles BOULTON 1803 page 27 Hezekiah RUDD 1803 page 29 John Clabourne GOOCH 1804 page 79 Andrew WARRICK 1804 page 125 James BARNETT Sr 1804 page 134 Robert LYON 1804 page 136 Thomas RICE 1804 page 137 Jacob MILES Sr 1804 page 139 George HUMPHREYS 1804 page 139 Rachel SHY 1804 page 141 John WILLIAMS 1804 page 168 James GRANT Sr 1804 page 177 William B. BURTON 1805 page 178 James SAMUEL 1805 page 179 James ARNETT 1805 page 179 John PLEASANT 1805 page 202 John VAUGHAN 1805 page 204 Israel BARKER 1805 page 205 Edmund ALLEY 1806 page 220 Samuel ENOCK 1806 page 220 Charles DIXON 1806 page 221 Rachael SULLIVANT 1806 page 222 Joseph CHANDLER 1806 page 229 Richard HORNBUCKLE 1806 page 264 William PAGE 1806 page 265 William LEA Sr 1806 page 288 John CHILTON 1806 page 291 John COCHRAN Sr 1807 page 293 Matthis VINES 1807 page 296 Joshua RICHMOND 1807 page 313 Spillsby COLEMAN 1807 page 319 Smith SANDERS 1807 page 321 Griffin TUGGLE 1807 page 322 Mordecai BURGESS 1807 page 342 Edmond BROWNING 1807 page 347 William BROWN 1807 page 350 Mary BOYD 1807 page 360 To be continued....
-----Original Message----- From: Brett Woods <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:18 PM Subject: Samuel Woods - Mary Mitchell Descendants c1800 >Trying to identify the parents of my great-great-grandfather, Henry J. >Woods, born in NC in about 1826. He shows up on the 1860 Spartanburg >County SC Census as follows: > >Father: Henry J. Woods (b. NC 1826) >Wife: M. H. Woods (b SC 1822) This may be a Mary H. (later indicated as >Polly) >Children: >Nathan J Woods (b SC 1851) >Lynch E. Woods (b SC 1846) NOTE: Since this is a female, I would assume >this comes from a prior Woods-Lynch family inter-marriage somewhere. >James H. Woods (b SC 1848) (my great-grandfather) >John B. Woods (b SC 1849) >William B. Woods (b SC 1850) >Thomas J. Woods (b SC 1854) >Harvey S(?) Woods (b SC 1856) >Muryl C. Woods (b SC 1858) pretty illegible >Robert H(?) Woods (b SC 1858) > >My thinking is that Henry descends from the following family: >Samuel Woods (b ABT 1724) m.. Mary Mitchell, d. Caswell Co. >Children of Samuel and Mary: >William Woods, d. November 02, 1830. m. Mary Farley > Andrew Woods > John Woods, (b 16 May 1778) m. Catherine Farley on 9 Nov 1801 > Samuel Woods, did not marry > Thomas Woods, m. Elizabeth Bartlett on 29 Jan 1815 > James Woods, m. Martha (Patsy) Hughes on 27 Dec 1819 *** >Thanks for any help or leads. >Brett F. Woods >Santa Fe, New Mexico >Do any of these children's names seem to correspond with any similiar >circa 1820 NC Woods family names? Thanks for any help. ***James Woods s/o Samuel and Mary is my g-g-g-grandfather. I know from the grave marker (1896) of his son Romulus Yancy Woods that James was married to Elenor Brown. I have not found a marriage bond. This grave is in Greene (now Hale) Co., AL where James' will was filed. He sold his Caswell Co. property and followed sons Romulus and Robert W. (my g-g-grandfather) to AL and died in 1856. Another son Williamson B. was there with Romulus in the 1850 census. Sisters Sarah Ann Fitzgerald and Mary Jane Levina Morgan remained in N.C. and Williamson also returned. Shelley W. Gregory
Trying to identify the parents of my great-great-grandfather, Henry J. Woods, born in NC in about 1826. He shows up on the 1860 Spartanburg County SC Census as follows: Father: Henry J. Woods (b. NC 1826) Wife: M. H. Woods (b SC 1822) This may be a Mary H. (later indicated as Polly) Children: Nathan J Woods (b SC 1851) Lynch E. Woods (b SC 1846) NOTE: Since this is a female, I would assume this comes from a prior Woods-Lynch family inter-marriage somewhere. James H. Woods (b SC 1848) (my great-grandfather) John B. Woods (b SC 1849) William B. Woods (b SC 1850) Thomas J. Woods (b SC 1854) Harvey S(?) Woods (b SC 1856) Muryl C. Woods (b SC 1858) pretty illegible Robert H(?) Woods (b SC 1858) My thinking is that Henry descends from the following family: Samuel Woods (b ABT 1724) m.. Mary Mitchell, d. Caswell Co. Children of Samuel and Mary: William Woods, d. November 02, 1830. m. Mary Farley Andrew Woods John Woods, (b 16 May 1778) m. Catherine Farley on 9 Nov 1801 Samuel Woods, did not marry Thomas Woods, m. Elizabeth Bartlett on 29 Jan 1815 James Woods, m. Martha (Patsy) Hughes on 27 Dec 1819 Thanks for any help or leads. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico Do any of these children's names seem to correspond with any similiar circa 1820 NC Woods family names? Thanks for any help.