The family of William and Susannah Macklin Woods of Abbeville County S.Carolina seems to have been fairly researched. The will of William was probated in 1829. What ever happened to Robert Woods? Robert was probably born around 1783. His brothers were ; James,William,Michael,Andrew and John, -sisters; Martha, Susannah and Isabelle. I would love to make contact with any "expert" on this line! Please Help! RUSSELL

I'm still attempting to straighten out the Wood and Woods families of Rowan County NC. A census Head of Household breakdown follows. 1. Does anyone already know the relationships or have any information on these families? 2. Can anyone recommend any books that might contain will, probate or marriage records for Rowan County? 3. Is there anyone who can do look-ups for these records, either for free or through a fee arrangement? Thanks for any assistance. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico *************************************************** Rowan County NC HoH Census Information (Woods-Wood) [1790] Woods: Andrew, Robert Wood: Henry, John, Joseph, Robert, Samuel, Jonathon [1800] Woods: James, Dorset, Rabivea [sic] Wood: Andrew, James, Henry [1810] Woods: William Wood: James, Rebeckah [sic] [1820] Woods: Henry, Joseph, William Wood: James [1830] Woods: James, Joseph, Mary, William Wood: Henry, William [1840] Woods: Joseph, N.A., Perry, Samuel, Selena Wood: John [1850] Woods: A.F., Joseph Wood: None

I'm still attempting to straighten out the Wood and Woods families of Rowan County NC. A census Head of Household breakdown follows. 1. Does anyone already know the relationships or have any information on these families? 2. Can anyone recommend any books that might contain will, probate or marriage records for Rowan County? 3. Is there anyone who can do look-ups for these records, either for free or through a fee arrangement? Thanks for any assistance. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico *************************************************** Rowan County NC HoH Census Information (Woods-Wood) [1790] Woods: Andrew, Robert Wood: Henry, John, Joseph, Robert, Samuel, Jonathon [1800] Woods: James, Dorset, Rabivea [sic] Wood: Andrew, James, Henry [1810] Woods: William Wood: James, Rebeckah [sic] [1820] Woods: Henry, Joseph, William Wood: James [1830] Woods: James, Joseph, Mary, William Wood: Henry, William [1840] Woods: Joseph, N.A., Perry, Samuel, Selena Wood: John [1850] Woods: A.F., Joseph Wood: None

My husbands grandfather is Will M. Sullivan, born March 23, 1900 in Russellville, Pope, AR. On his grandfathers birth certificate, the mothers full name is written as Pink.Brealey (name before marriage), 25 yrs old, white and born in Arkansas. She signed it Mrs. Pink Woods. The birth certificate stated she was married to the babys father but does not say when. The birth certificate states that the father was Samuel M. Sullivan, who was 27 at the time of this birth and was born in Arkansas. I was told that he died after conception and she remarried before my grandfather was born. Was also told Pink Brealey was cherokee indian, but birth certificate states she was white. Does anyone have any of these names of their family tree? I am at a loss trying to get info. Sure was told stories that do not make sense according to the birth certificate I have. Thanks, Rhonda SAMUEL McGehee

While researching at the library today, I found the following on the 1900 Indian Territory Soundex. I seem to recall someone researching this name - was it you, Brett? - but my new computer ate my archived files when I tried to transfer them. Vol. 9 E.D. 153 Sheet 33 Line 65 Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory T7N R7W Chickasha (pronounced chick-a-shay) Arkansas Ave. WOOD, Comodore R. b. July 1855 (age 44) Born Arkansas Amarg(na) (last two letters not legible) wife Mar 1863 age 37 b. Iowa James B. son May 1881 age 19 b. Indian Territory R. (B)allington (illegible) son dec 1882 age 17 b. TX Pearl L. dau Dec 1884 age 15 b. TX Phillip C. son May 1888 age 12 b. Indian Territory Myrtle E. dau Aug 1889 age 10 b. TX Izara M. dau Nay 1891 age 9 b. TX Dovey A. dau Mar 1895 age 5 b. AR Corinna dau Sep 99 age 8/12 b. Indian Territory Charles T. dau (???) June 1875 b. AR These are the movement patterns of my family Thomas Jefferson Wood b. 20 SEP 1851/2/3?? Arkansas. If we could connect the two I'd be thrilled. I will also be happy to make an abstract the next time I go if anyone needs it. Have a wonderful 4th all!!!

Iam looking for Rockwell Joseph Wood In New York about 1850? Wife was Caroline West They had two children that I know of One was Oscar Wood his wifes name was Ida And my grandfather Rockwell Joseph Wood He was in Shasta city about 1859 - 1864 he married Amanda Irene Arnett , they had Gerald,Eric,Oscar,Margaret and Winifred,went to Waterville Washington about 1900 and farmed there. Any help will be appreaced Eric wood eric@ritzcom.net ritzcom.net

Would like to here from anyone on this list researching Wesley Wood born 1823 married Sarah Scott; had son Frank who was a banker in Muskegon, Michigan. Jesse Wood jwood@cei.net

HI all, Again, we have HOAX virus information on our list. In the future if anyone wishes to post virus info to the list, YOU MUST VERIFY IT YOURSELF, INCLUDE URLs for verification sites and get my permission from to post it to the list. Don't take anyones word, VERIFY IT YOURSELF. You be willing to take responsibility for the problems caused. A HOAX warning is nearly as bad as the real thing! An example of the problems follow this message. Chris WOODS list Owner/Moderator >To: <cjl@tir.com> >Subject: ROOTSWEB/poss virus >Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:50:45 +0100 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > >I`ve received lots of mail, most of it irrelevant. Today received 3 >messages with the word `Virus` after and I`m too afraid to open them. Do >you know about this?

"WARNING: If you receive an email with a file called "California",do not open the file. The file contains the WOBBLER virus. >> Fortunately for all of us this is a hoax....I went to www.kumite.com and this is what they had to say......... Michele WOBBLER virus hoax In 1999 there appeared a new hoax message warning abour Wobbler virus. This virus does not exist. But there's a joke program called 'Joke.Win.Aloap' that is detected by Solomon as 'Wobbling Trojan'. The hoax message looks like this: WARNING: If you receive an e-mail with a file called California, do not open the file. The file contains the WOBBLER virus. This information was announced yesterday morning from IBM; AOL states that this is a very dangerous virus, much worse than "Melissa", and that there is NO remedy for it at this time. Some very sick individual has succeeded in using the reformat function from Norton Utilities causing it to completely erase all documents on the hard drive. It has been designed to work with Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. It destroys Macintosh and IBM compatible computers. This is a new, very malicious virus and not many people know about it. Pass this warning along to EVERYONE in your address book ASAP so that this threat may be stopped. Please ignore this message and don't pass it on.

Hello, This is a HOAX. Please do not post these silly chain mail warnings to the list. You may confirm it is a hoax by going to: http://www.Europe.Datafellows.com/v-descs/wobbhoax.htm A good site to check out rumors, chain mail warnings and hoaxes is: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/mbody.htm Ernie Researching family of Joseph Woods 1745 - 1835 Gibson Co, IN At 06:10 AM 6/24/99 -0400, you wrote: > Subject: > Virus > Date: > Wed, 23 Jun 1999 11:00:59 -0400 > From: > dmhoo@juno.com > To: > cruble@rivnet.net > > > >"WARNING: If you receive an email with a file called "California",do >not open the file. The file contains the WOBBLER virus. >

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Seeking the parents of Rose E. "Rosie" WOODS. She was born abt 1880 in Webster County, West Virginia. She married Henry Y. BENDER 17 Sep 1896 in Webster County, West Virginia Known children of Henry and Rose: 1. George E. 2. Wade Hampton b. 24 May 1905 +Bessie Jane LEESON 3. Glenda b. 1906 4. Olive b. 1907 5. Ethel b. 1908 + Harmon KEENER 6. Burnell "Bert" b. 1910 + Emma MATHENY Michael E. Anthony daath@ne.infi.net ICQ# 32868397 http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/a/n/t/Michael-E-Anthony/index.html

Hello everyone, My great grandfather list the name of his father as Elzado Wood in Ohio in the late 1860s. Does anyone have this name, or something similar in there background? I am having no luck finding any WOOD(s) with the name "Elzado". In the 1900 Ohio soundex, there are none, and only one male with the first name Elza. Would love to communicate with anyone having Elzado/Elza Wood in their background. With so few people having this first name, maybe you can help me get past him. thanx Woody in Ohio

In a 1982 Heritage Society of Chester County SC Publication, there is a short article on Mathew Woods who came to Chester S. C. about 1805 from Orange County, NC. Mathew and his wife Margaret Faucett were married 12 Nov 1795 near Hillsboro, N.C. The article indicates that Mathew and Margaret had ten children. To date, I have only been able to tentatively identify the following seven: 1. William - born March 1797 2. James F - born March 1799 3. Margaret - born July 1801 4. John - born Oct.1803 5. Susannah - born Nov. 1806 6. Elizabeth - born March 1808 7. Richard - born Aug.1813 Does anyone have any idea as to the identity of their last three children? Thanks. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico

PLEASE REPLY DIRECTLY TO JWOOD46@aol.com I am researching leonard woods bn in vt 1834, married sarah wescot, bn in vt 1840. they moved to mi in ?? are on 1860 census, memphis mi. st.clair co. if anything clicks i am jwood46@aol.com thanks

Does anyone have information on Robert Woods , a son of William and Susannah McKinley {Macklin ?} Woods. William died in 1802 near Abbeville S.Carolina. I believe that Robert was born around 1783 but cant confirm this. If anyone out there has extensive research on William' s family I would love to hear from you. RUSSELL.

> I have just spotted a discrepancy between two WFT files containing John > Woods b. 1763. One file states John WOODS b. 1763 m. Mary Margaret Cain > d. 1838, one son Hugh Woods b ca 1775. John given as son of Hugh Woods > & Mary Dunnegan. The second file gives John Woods b. 1763 d. 5 Jun 1838 > Orange Co, NC; s/o John Woods & Anne Louey Mebane. Can anyone prove > John Woods' parentage? > > Fay Clark This recent message on the WOODS list caught my eye because of the connection to the name CAIN. In my husband's line Sarah C. SANTMYERS, daughter of Martha Elly CAIN and John Burnett SANTMYERS, married Samuel H. WOODS, 1842, Shenandoah Co. VA. If anyone sees any connections, please let me know. Roberta rsharp@csupomona.edu

SUCCESS STORY Last fall, I made a request for help to identify some photographs including some of old buildings in Clermont Co. OH. I received a number of notes and suggestions and I DID identify a photo of my Great Uncle Carl Erwin WOOD but no luck on the buildings. About two weeks ago I received an e-mail from someone I had not corresponded with in the past. After a short exchange we knew that we were related and this man's father telephoned me. During our conversation, I found out he was Uncle Carl's grandson and my second cousin. He also had commissioned a study of his family history which he graciously sent me. To make a long story short, the papers he sent identified the location of several of the homes and people I had been seeking. The information on the unidentified house was that "1876, George A. Wood (and his wife Lucy TURNER WOOD my great grandparents) purchased a . . . farm one mile east of Felicity, Franklin Township, formerly owned by staunch abolitionist Jonathan P. MYERS. Built before the Civil War, the Myers brick and frame house served as a 'safe house' link in the underground railway for escaping slaves on their way to freedom. The bricks in the house were made from the clay beds on the farm and burned in Myers' own kiln. The secret cellar hideaway so carefully built under the house was accessible only through a small trap door in the kitchen, concealed underneath Mrs. Myers' flour barrel. Ventilation for the secret "dungeon" room was cunningly provided by laying the brick walls in a zigzag pattern, so that air was admitted, but no light. George A. Wood and his wife sold this farm in 1891 shortly before the family moved to Science Hill, KY." If any of you from the Clermont Co. area are familiar with this home, please let me know. I may be headed up there again this October. The photos are at http://members.tripod.com/walter_wood/waltsweb/clerphoto.htm Another matter cleared up was that there were some 30 years missing from my grandfather's history 1880 - 1910 and that has been cleared up. There was also some information new to me on George A. WOOD's parents, Dr. David WOOD and Mary DAY. I will post this to my web as I get time over the next month. http://members.tripod.com/walter_wood/ I am still looking for information on Lucy TURNER WOOD's father Ezekiel Edwin TURNER. Walter Wood walter_wood@csi.com Please forgive multiple postings to the WOOD & WOODS list.

This if from some research material I found at our local gnealogy library, and prepared by one of the members. He has printed a book and submitted it for reference material. Samuel Wood, son of William and Mary Wood, born l737 in Leicestershire, England emigrated to Virginia and died l800 in Washington Co., Tenn. William was a woolcomber by trade. Owned a woolen manufactory in Borough of Leicester. His wife was the former Mary Coleman and they were members of All Saints Parish Church. William served as a sexton. Eight of their children were christened in this church. William made his Last Will & Testament on l April l774, leaving his property to his wife. William died 9 Feb l780 and Mary died Nov. l785. Both are buried in the P{rotestant Dissenters Buring Groung in Leicester. Children: William Wood, Jr. christened 6 Dec l732. reported to be the oldest child. William stayed in England, never married and his brothers in America should have been his heirs. The brothers participated in the American Revolution against the homeland; the British government confiscated the estate for a term of l00 years. Whether the children who stayed in England ever inherited from William is not known. The brothers in America were unable to claim their legacy at the end of the l00 yr. term. Thomas Wood. was apprenticed l April l743 to Thomas Cave of Leicester to learn the art of framework knitting. He was the eldest of the three brothers who came to Virginia. He was a private during the Reav. War. serving in the Seventh Virginia Regiment. After the war, he went to Kentucky near Lexington and became a farmer. Katherine Wood was christened on l3 Sept l734. Nothing more known. John Wood born l735 and christened on 28 June l736. Apprenticed on 24 June l748 to Edw. Williams of Leicester to learn the trade of a woolcomber. Came to Va. with Thomas and Samuel in l755. In l764 he married Maiden Seay, dau of Jame Seay of Amelia Co., Va. They had l2 children. About l784 they moved with their youngest children (Seaneth, John, Coleman, James, Isam, Cynthia, Annie and Elizabeth to Spartansburg, S.C. Four older sons remained in Va. John was a millwright and carpenter. He died about l8l7 and is burieon the family farm near Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Maiden (Seay) Wood died after l840 in Missouri. Samuel Wood, forefather of the author. l737 Leicestershire Eng. to l800 Wash. Co. Tenn. (See children listed below) George Wood, christened l7 May l740 in All Saints Parish Church. Nothing further known. Ruth Wood, christined in All Saints Parish Church on l Sept l748. NFI. Isaac Wood, christened in All Saints Parish Church 23 Dec. l75l. NFI. may have died young. ____________________________________________________________________ Samuel Wood.& Sarah Reives William Wood l773 Va to l85l Ky, md. Elinor Ruan & Mary Cargile James Wood l774 Va. to l849 Ill md. Susanna Renfro Samuel Wood l777 Va to l850 Il. md. Naomi Renfro Thomas Wood l779 Va. l834 Ky md. Mary Bayless Abraham Wood l78l Tn l862 Il md. Mary Hunt John Wood l783 Tn - l86l Ky. md. Sarah Crouch George Wood l787 Tn.- l854 Tn. md. Elizabeth Irwin There is more material on Samuel & Sarah's descendents. Perhaps this will help another researcher. DEE 6465@aol.com

As a result of information I have posted to help fellow Davis researchers, I have received several messages, such as the following excerpts, which prompt this message about the use of Federal Census Records as a tool for Family History research: "George, I'm really impressed with the data you've been putting into the Davis mailing list; think I can hit you with a challenge? ...." (extra large snip) "Hi George.... I saw your e-mails helping out on a Stephen Davis for someone and I was wondering if you recall running across a Nathan and Mary (Scott) Davis and son Levi Davis and his wife Malinda Vandiver Ray Davis? ..." (large snip) "I just saw you posting on the Davis email list. I was wondering what you were using for sources to find them that fast. I have some elusive Davis's I am trying to find. Do you have a census index? Or was this a family you already had? I am always looking for suggestions or help." The Constitution of the United States requires that a census be conducted at least every 10 years for proper apportioning of taxes (and other benefits) and Congressional Representatives (approximately every 500,000 people in an area equates to one Congressman, or woman, in the U.S. House of Representatives. I will omit discussions about how the States gerrymander the Districts to insure the probable political persuasion of these elected officials, and how & why a certain political party wants to make quesstimates by so-called statistical sampling instead of actual enumerations). Fortunately for us family historians the 1790 census exceeded its Constitutional mandate to simply count the states populations, setting the precedent of naming Heads of Households and categorizing numbers of individuals in the household by age and gender. The form, detail, and genealogical quality of census information has evolved and improved through the years, and it behoves each family history researcher to know and use the census information that is available. The States' decennial schedules from 1790 to 1920 (with some exceptions) have been preserved on microfilm. These records can be viewed at the National Archives in Washington D.C., regional branches of the National Archives, the Family History Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City, and other public, private, and institutional libraries throughout the country. Family Tree Maker's Family Archives has individual state Indexes available on CD-ROM, and it has a bundle of selected (i.e., available indexes) that it sells called "United States Census Bundle 1607-1880." In addition they sell CD-ROMs of actual census records of the following: Penn., 1850; Indiana, 1850 and 1860; and Illinois 1850. The 1850 records are very useful because that is the first time the enumerations contain ALL the people in the household by name, age, occupation/trade, and place of birth. It is important to know that most available indexes ONLY index the names of Heads of Households! Their census records and indexes, plus other valuable genealogical resources, are available at Genealogical bookstores throughout the country and On- Line at <http://www.GenealogyLibrary.com>. They charge $9.99 per month for unlimited use of their On-line library, or $99.99 per year. One should also remember that starting in 1880 the relationship to the head of household was specified for each person enumerated as well as the place of birth of their father and mother. Another important bit of information about ages enumerated after 1850 is that they SHOULD reflect information as of "Census Day" which was June 1st of the year of enumeration, and NOT the day of enumeration. The 1870 indexes offered by Heritage Quest <http://www.heritagequest.com/genealogy/CD-ROM/> are useful because they contain the age and place of birth of the indexed individuals for the states of IL, OH, MD & D.C., DE & NJ, NC & SC, GA, PA, TN, VA & W VA, with MO and IN expected in 1999. They sell their CDs for $14.95 for members and $19.95 for non-members. Using Indexes it is possible to "Search" by State, Last name, County, Location, Page Number, etc., etc., and with the microfilm of the actual census enumeration be able to identify the Name, age, place of birth, and occupation of each member of a household plus the same type of information for neighbors who may be related or the temporary abode of a missing family member. The CD-ROMS are copyrighted and as such the copyright laws the Unites States and International treaties apply. Copyright law permits sharing of small quantities of data with family friends and friends, and with clients. I am not a professional genealogist and do not do individual look-ups for people. I have hired others to do this for me, and I am willing to recommend the names of people who will do look-ups in limited areas for a reasonable fee which is about $15 per hour plus expenses for travel, admission, etc. if they are required. Good Hunting, George W. Page Col., U.S. Army (Ret.) Bryans Rd, MD Researching: PAGE; BROWN; FANAGAN; WOODS; NIXON; LINDSAY; FISHER; FINCH; DAVIS (but have No family connection to a DAVIS).