It soumds that way to me too. I didn't have much info on Michael, Jr so I was excited to see your note plus a comment that his Will mentioned a daughter Ann. Ann had a brother John (that's the only family member name I have for sure) and I think there is a John in Michael, Jr's Will but I don't have papers in front of me right now. Thanks, Nancy Stephenson Guenther ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Liedtke" <seleaml@actionnet.net> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Woods Family >I am wondering about the Cumberland Co. PA information matching information > from Albemarle Co. The Albemarle Woods family left PA almost 50 years > prior > to the marriage of Mary Ann to Andrew Sharp. I have not seen anything that > would suggest that Michael Woods Jr returned to PA at any time in order > for > his daughter to marry there. My immediate thought is that records for 2 > different Woods families have been intermixed. > > Sue Liedtke > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nancy Guenther" <nguenther@cox.net> > To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Woods Family > > >> If I may jump in on this discussion about the Woods family. >> >> My 5G grandmother, Mary "Ann" Woods was born in 1756 or 1757 according to >> her gravestone (which I saw) and the "History of Armstrong County PA page >> 559. I found a birth date of 9 Dec 1757 in Drummondville, Midlothian Co, >> Scot on the IGI but don't have any proof that it was her birth.She used >> the >> name Ann in the docs I have located about her including tax lists, census >> and her will. >> >> She married Andrew Sharp in April 1783 in Cumberland Co PA according to a >> letter written by her daughter in which she described her father Andrew's >> death by Indians as they floated down the river on a houseboat. I found >> Andrew and 3 of his siblings' baptism records on film from Cambelltown, >> Co >> Argyl Scotland. Some county histories mistakenly say he was born in PA. >> >> Handwritten motes on the families held by the Indiana Co Hist & Gen Soc >> list >> the following 3 names which appear to be alternate father & grdfa of Mary >> Ann. "Ann Woods (1757/1809) m Capt Andrew Sharp; Michael Woods Jr >> (1708/1777) m Ann Lambert; Michael Woods, Sr (1684/1962?? did he mean >> 1762?) >> m Mary Campbell Also lists Mary Campbell as d 1762." Writer did not >> leave >> any documentation. >> >> I know she had a brother, John, as his will in 1812 names her but I >> haven't >> seen the will myself. Ann's Will Dated 9-15-1808 Proven 6-27-1809: >> Children: >> Hannah Leason, Agnes Ralston, THOMAS, Margaret, Joseph, Ann. Brother John >> Woods (bequest fr his estate); Exec: Thomas Sharp, Son Joseph Sharp; Wit >> Benj Walker, John Walker "late Armstrong Twp p 12 #15" ("Index to Indiana >> Co >> Wills Bk #1, p12, Wills probated 1807-1850) There is a John Woods 1790 C >> Northumberland Co: M 1(16+); F 5. Is this her brother?? >> >> Will for James Sharp (brother of my Andrew) 1812 names a David H Woods & >> a >> John Woods as Witnesses, Cumberland Co PA Please note that I have the >> date >> of 1812 also for the Will of Ann Sharp's brother John Woods. >> "Hist of Cumberland & Adams Cos PA" 1886 lists a Samuel Woods, Wm Woods >> Jr, >> & a David W. McCullough as mbrs of a Presby congregation at Walnut Bottom >> in >> Penn Twp Cumberland Co in 1834 aka the Dickinson Church. (p 334-335) It >> also >> mentions a tract in West Pennsborough Twp which was taken out by Richard >> & >> John Woods in 1786 & sld the same yr to Landis & Bowman. A mill already >> existed on the land & some of the land eventually was owned by Alters. In >> 1789 it was referred to as "the Landis mill, formerly Woods". This was >> later >> replaced by a mill blt by Wm Alter in 1832. The Alter mill was also a >> local >> trading-post, saaw-mill, clover-mill, & a whiskey distillery. (p 362-3) >> (Landis and Alter are also my family names in PA.) >> >> I found the following on the Wood/Woods Exchange on Wills has Michael >> Woods >> Jr, Botetourt Co VA, dated 29 May 1776, recd 11 Mar 1777, wife Ann Woods, >> sons Saml, Wm & David. Daus Jane Buster, Susannah Cowan, Elizabeth >> Shepherd, >> Magdelene Campbell, Martha Woods, Sarah Woods, 2 youngest daus, ANN & >> Margaret. Execs: son David Woods & friend John Bowyer. Wit: John Logan, >> George Daugherty, & Chas Lambert. ( Sub by Mary Kinney >> <marylkinney@webtv.net> on GenForum Surname Woods site Note #1724 on 3 >> Dec >> 1999) >> >> I would appreciate any comments, corrections, etc. >> >> Nancy Stephenson in So Calif. >> nguenther@cox.net >> >> >> >> ----- > -----Original Message----- >>> From: vaaugust-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:vaaugust-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sue Liedtke >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 6:44 PM >>> To: vaaugust@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Woods Family >>> >>> Michael Woods was the patriarch of this family. His wife was Mary >>> Campbell. >>> His 1st grants in the Albemarle area (then Goochland) were entered 1737. >>> One >>> of the grants was just east of the gap, another on Mechum River near the >>> >>> entrance of LickingHole Creek, another on Beaver Creek and yet another >>> on >>> Ivy Creek. He died in 1762. His will names: son Archibald, son John, >>> daughter Sarah, daughter Hannah, deceased daughter Margaret, and son >>> William. Richard and Michael aren't named but were undoubtedly sons. I >>> believe they entered Albemarle Co. as a group, coming from Lancaster Co. >>> PA. >>> >>> Archibald moved to S. Carolina where he died in 1768. >>> Andrew moved to Botetourt Co. dying in 1785. >>> Michael moved to Shepherd's Ferry in Botetourt Co. dying in 1777 >>> William d 1782 in the present Monroe Co area of Greenbrier Co. >>> Hannah m William Wallace >>> Margaret m Andrew Wallace >>> Richard and John apparently remained in the Albemarle area. >>> >>> Sue Liedtke >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <DaleyCraig@cs.com> >>> To: <vaaugust@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:49 PM >>> Subject: Re: [VAAUGUST] Woods Family >>> >>> >>>> Richard Woods came to Albemarle County, VA which adjoins Augusta and >>> is on >>>> the eastern slope of the mountain, 1700's. He is said to have migrated >>> >>>> from >>>> pennsylvania down the Valley and across the mountain at "Woods Gap". I >>> >>>> have some >>>> information on him, but if this is the family you are seeking I will >>> get a >>>> Woods descendent to contact you. >>>> >>>> Great story about General Jackson crossing the mountain west to east >>> after >>>> a >>>> great victory at Cross keys and Port Republic. It is said he wanted >>> the >>>> union >>>> to think he was headed to Richmond to help Lee. Instead he turned at >>>> Michums >>>> River, just west of Charlottesville, goton the train and pursued his >>>> Valley >>>> Campaign, which George Rommel later studied, about 1937, with >>> considerable >>>> success. Anyhow, before turning at Mechjums on the train (cars, they >>>> called them >>>> then) he is reported to have stayed at Michael woods tavern. Doubtful, >>> but >>>> a >>>> great story. So michael Woods asked him where he was going. Jackson is >>> >>>> said to >>>> have repled with a question: Can you keep a secret?" To which Woods >>>> assented. >>>> Then Jackson said "so can I". You see, Jackson hared his plans for the >>> >>>> next days >>>> battle with his staff at Kernstown, and met defeat. After that he >>> never >>>> shared >>>> his plans with anyone, not even Lee. But Lee had such confidence in >>> him >>>> that >>>> sharing was not needed. >>>> >>>> In 1820 there were more Wood and Woods people in Albemarle county, VA >>> than >>>> any other name. >>>> >>>> I am sitting here at the bottom of the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge >>>> Mountain looking up at Woods Old Gap. >>>> >>>> If you want a contact expert on these Woods send me your address and I >>> >>>> will >>>> forward it on after I locate one agreeable.. >>>> >>>> Daley Craig >>>> <daleycraig@cs.com> >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>> The Third Sunday in each month will set aside for a "Brick Wall" Roll >>>> Call. 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