In a message dated 3/27/03 10:38:42 PM, tjackson@corrcomm.net writes: << 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. >> First, can you tell me the parents of your Elizabeth Jane Mauldin and of Martha Patterson? These are two of my allied lines. Re: The Woods. I don't know how much help this will be, but perhaps I can provide a clue. William Wood ca 1720-ca 1787 married Hannah Conner in VA (Hannah is my 7th great aunt). They moved to Spartanburg SC. They had five children:  i. James WOOD was born Abt 1740/1745 in ,,VA, and died 10 MAY 1781 in Spartanburg Dist,,SC.  ii. John WOOD was born Abt 1745 in ,,VA, and died 1781 in ,Spartanburg,SC.  iii. Margaret WOOD was born Abt 1745/1750 in ,,VA, and died 1798 in ,,SC.  iv. William WOOD was born Abt 1745/1750 in ,,VA, and died 1793/1794 in ,Spartanburg,SC.   v. Moses WOOD was born Abt 1745/1750 in ,,VA, and died 1812 in Greenville,Greenville,SC. Their son James Wood married Mary Machen. Mary's brother Henry married Frances Ballenger (another family that links to VA) Henry's daughter Elizabeth married Richard Mauldin, son of Henry Laban Mauldin and Sarah Poplin/Popland. Another dau of Richard married Alexander Harris (this is how I connect to the Mauldins). Harrises and Mauldins were in Pendleton/Pickens SC before moving over into GA. There are other Machen/Wood/Mauldin marriages, but perhaps the above can give you some help in searching out your James. I do know that all those children of William Wood and Hannah Conner had children, but I don't have them in my data base. Lou Ann