Am descended from James M. Wood. He married Elizabeth Jane Mauldin of Anderson Co., SC. After her death, he married Nancy Unknown. Wife #3 was Mrs. Martha Patterson. I found the following reference and was hoping I'd found James' parents. Apparently not. Maybe this will help someone else. Carolinas Gen. Soc. Bulletin Vol. 3, No. 4, pg. 65 March, 1967 Settlement of Mary Wood's Estate by Land Sold on Twelve Mile River, SC, 1-4-1862 Received of W.E. Holcombe, Ordinary of Pickens Dist., SC, sixty-four dollars and seventy-one cents for each of the following named heirs of JOSEPH WOOD and MARY WOOD, deceased; Viz: William Morgan and SARAH WOOD; Tilman Howard and ANNA WOOD; CHARLES WOOD; ALEXANDER WOOD; ROBERT WOOD; and MARY WOOD. Six in number. Making in all $385.26. Attest: Larkin, Jacob Lewis. (Note: From papers in the Deed records of Pickens Dist., SC, it appears that ROBERT WOOD was living in Cherokee Co., GA in 1855, CHARLES in Murray Co., GA, and ALEXANDER WOOD in the territory of Mississippi.) >From Anderson Co. Court Clerk's Office: Book O, pg. 444, dated 10-25-1819, JOSEPH WOOD of Pendleton Dist. to THOMAS ALEXANDER, 100 acres on Twelve Mile and Crow Creek waters of Keowee River. Tract surveyed by WOOD, witnessed by ABNER LEWIS and WILLIAM WOOD. WILLIAM WOOD, JP