I'm looking for a twin brother to Dee Etta Wood born 1882 possibly in Arkansas- possibly somewhere else. The twins were orphaned. Apparently Dee Etta or one of her daughters located this twin many years ago living in Oklahoma- sometime after 1970 possibly. This is not a lot to go on. Does anyone know they have a male twin born this year who lived in Oklahoma later in life and died there? lequia@elite.net

I'm making another attempt to find information on the parents of my GG-Grandfather, Simeon James "Sim" WOODS. What I know about him: 1825-- born in KY 1850-- In Hickman Co., KY with Thomas WINN family 1860-- In Hickman Co., KY, mar. to Elizabeth Jane LUTZ who was born in IN. They have 4 children. 1870-- In Hickman Co., KY, Elizabeth has died and oldest child has died. In Aug of this year he mar. Bettie SPARKS BONER, they have 5 children in the next 10 years. 1874-1878-- Pd. taxes in Ballard Co., KY (was part of Hickman) 1880-- Not found in census 1881-- An indictment for his murder dated Oct. 1881 is in Ballard Co., court records He had a sister named Jane born 1829, she mar. Briant/Bryan ADAMS I would certainly appreciate any help that could be given on finding the parentage of Simeon, and will gladly share other information I have. Thanks, Nancy Courtney waynce@apex.net

Looking for information on Dee Etta Woods born abt. 1882 probably Arkansas. I think she is the youngest sister to my ancestor Herbert Wood/Woods. Does anyone have information on this person?

Can anyone connect with a Herbert G. Wood who was on the state census of Dunn County Wisconsin in 1865? I would like to find out more about this family if anyone can tell me.

Hello, Listers, I'd like to correspond with any WOODS descendants from Philadelphia who are kin to William Henry WOODS (b. 1801) and Elizabeth Boyle Kirkerup WOODS. Wm Henry WOODS & family moved to Philadelphia, where he died in 1864. At least two of the children, Mary Jane and W H Woods Jr., attended the Moravian school in Bethlehem in 1837-39. There were at least eight children: 1. Mary Jane Woods (1828-1892) 2. Eliza L.Woods 3. Rosalind A.Woods 4. Emily J. Woods 5. Kate A.Woods 6. James H.Woods 7. G.Burrow Woods 8. William Henry Woods Jr.      Anyone tied to this line? Thanks for your help. Laura A. in NC

For over a year I have been working on posting an index of names for the marriage and death notices printed in the Vermont Chronicle, an old newspaper that was published between 1826 and 1896. The notices cover towns state wide, and also cover other places, including, but not limited to: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Canadian Provinces and beyond. The death notices are not full obituaries as we know them today, but sometimes contain other useful information besides the location, name and age of the person. The marriage notices usually just note the bride and groom, but sometimes names of parents. Currently I have the Indexes for 1826-1856 online, with more added as time permits. You can find the indexes at: http://www.middlebury.edu/~swilson/introvc.html Thanks for your interest, hope it can help you in your searches. Sylvia Wilson

Hi, May I forward this to the lists I admin? It is great and thank you for sharing. Sincerely, Ramona Gayle Bayes Woods mailto:cherokee6@bright.net List Mom for: Bayes-Kidder-Stogsdill- Sturges-Sturgess-Sturgill-KYMORGAN-HISTORY-L ----- Original Message ----- From: J. L. WOOD <jwood1@mindspring.com> To: <WOODS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 9:29 AM Subject: [WOODS-L] Fwd: GENEALOGY SAYINGS | Greetings! | These have special meaning for genealogists but others might | also enjoy them! | Have a Great Day! | JLW | | GENEALOGY SAYINGS | | 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back... is that normal? | 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. | 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! | 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! | 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. | 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? | 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. | 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. | 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? | 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... | 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two | more! | 12. It's 2001... Do you know where your -Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? | 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. | 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. | 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. | 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted | 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. | 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few | bad apples. | 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? | 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. | 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but we love it. | 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. | 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek! | 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. | 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. | 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. | 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. | 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! | 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. | 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNE flower. | 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. | 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. | 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like | fools! | 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening | or a thief | 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. | 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. | 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! | 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! | 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. | 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. | 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! | 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. | 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! | 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... | 45. Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy. | 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! | 47. Genealogy... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? | 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. | 49. I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist! | | | ==== WOODS Mailing List ==== | No part of these messages nor the archives file containing them may be published | or redistributed in any form by a "FOR PROFIT" or commercial organization. All | publication requires the permission of each message author. |

Greetings! These have special meaning for genealogists but others might also enjoy them! Have a Great Day! JLW GENEALOGY SAYINGS 1. My family coat of arms ties at the back... is that normal? 2. My family tree is a few branches short! All help appreciated. 3. My ancestors must be in a witness protection program! 4. Shake your family tree and watch the nuts fall! 5. My hobby is genealogy, I raise dust bunnies as pets. 6. How can one ancestor cause so much TROUBLE?? 7. I looked into my family tree and found out I was a sap. 8. I'm not stuck, I'm ancestrally challenged. 9. I'm searching for myself; Have you seen me? 10. If only people came with pull-down menus and on-line help... 11. Isn't genealogy fun? The answer to one problem leads to two more! 12. It's 2001... Do you know where your -Gr-Gr-Grandparents are? 13. A family reunion is an effective form of birth control. 14. A family tree can wither if nobody tends it's roots. 15. A new cousin a day keeps the boredom away. 16. After 30 days, unclaimed ancestors will be adopted 17. Am I the only person up my tree... sure seems like it. 18. Any family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples. 19. Ever find an ancestor HANGING from the family tree? 20. FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records. 21. Gene-Allergy: It's a contagious disease, but we love it. 22. Genealogists are time unravelers. 23. Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: They hide... we seek! 24. Genealogy: Tracing yourself back to better people. 25. "Crazy" is a relative term in my family. 26. A pack rat is hard to live with, but makes a fine ancestor. 27. I want to find ALL of them! So far I only have a few thousand. 28. I Should have asked them BEFORE they died! 29. I think my ancestors had several "Bad heir" days. 30. I'm always late. My ancestors arrived on the JUNE flower. 31. Only a Genealogist regards a step backwards as progress. 32. Share your knowledge; it is a way to achieve immortality. 33. Heredity: Everyone believes in it until their children act like fools! 34. It's an unusual family that hath neither a lady of the evening or a thief 35. Many a family tree needs pruning. 36. Shh! Be very, very quiet.... I'm hunting forebears. 37. Snobs talk as if they had begotten their own ancestors! 38. That's strange: half my ancestors are WOMEN! 39. I'm not sick, I've just got fading genes. 40. Genealogists live in the past lane. 41. Cousins marrying cousins: Very tangled roots! 42. Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree. 43. All right! Everybody out of the gene pool! 44. Always willing to share my ignorance... 45. Documentation... The hardest part of genealogy. 46. Genealogy: Chasing your own tale! 47. Genealogy... will I ever find time to mow the lawn again? 48. That's the problem with the gene pool: NO Lifeguards. 49. I researched my family tree... and apparently I don't exist!

Hi all you worldwide WOODS people!!!!!! I have been investigating my Woods' family tree for several years now. They were mainly Norfolk UK based, around the Norfolk/Suffolk border and River Waveney valley area. If you feel you have any connection with families in this region, please let me know. regards........ Nick

G'day Hazel, I can't recall what I sent you but below is all the "Sarah"s I could find, including the Sarah WOOD b. 1773 m. to John RENDAL. I'm sorry but I don't have anymore info. on that marriage. Good Luck with your search and keep in touch. Please let me know if you find anything more. Thanks! Best regards, Jack Jesse Lee "Jack" WOOD,III Powell, Ohio, USA jwood1@mindspring.com P.S. I'm copying my response to the new WOOD-ENG List in case you weren't aware of it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: WOOD FAMILY Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:05:45 +1100 From: "Hazel Magann" <magann@one.net.au> To: <Jwood1@mindspring.com> Hello I had contact with you in 1998 regarding a marriage between John Owen Rendell [sic] and Sarah Wood I was wondering if you have connected them to the family tree descendancy chart that you sent me back then. I hope that I have the correct email address and will hear back from you. Warm Regards Hazel in NSW ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. BENJAMIN4 WOOD (MATTHEW3, MATTHEW2, WILLIAM1) was born ? in Tiverton, Devon, Eng, and died ?. He married SARAH WEBBER,.?. Children of BENJAMIN WOOD and SARAH WEBBER are: 10. i. MATTHEW5 WOOD, b. ?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.? ii. JOAN WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. Jul 28, 1723, Tiverton, Devon, Eng. iii. MARY WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?. iv. SARAH WOOD, b?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?; m. ROBERT OLIVER, ?. 8. WILLIAM4 WOOD (JOHN3, MATTHEW2, WILLIAM1) was born ? in Tiverton, Devon, Eng, and died 1754 in Tiverton, Devon, Eng. He married JANE GOUGE, ?. Children of WILLIAM WOOD and JANE GOUGE are: 11. i. BEAVIS5 WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. Mar 11, 1732/33, Tiverton, Devon, Eng. ii. MARY WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?; m. ROBERT WOOD, ?. iii. SARAH WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; m. GIDEON ACKLAND, ?. iv. JANE WOOD, b.?, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?; m. JOHN TUCKER, ?. 12. v. JOHN WOOD, b. Apr 25, 1716, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. 1800, Tiverton, Devon, Eng. 14. WILLIAM7 WOOD (MATTHEW6, MATTHEW5, BENJAMIN4, MATTHEW3, MATTHEW2, WILLIAM1) was born Sep 22, 1738 in Tiverton, Devon, Eng, and died May 21, 1809 in Tiverton, Devon, Eng. He married CATHERINE CLUSE Dec 6, 1766 in ?. Children of WILLIAM WOOD and CATHERINE CLUSE are: 15. i. SIR MATTHEW8 WOOD, b. Jun 2, 1768, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. Sep 25, 1843, Gloucester, Eng. ii. SARAH WOOD, b. 1773, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?; m. JOHN RENDAL, ?. iii. PHILIP WESTERN WOOD, b. 1775, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?; m. ANN MALTIDA ????, ?. iv. WILLIAM WOOD, b. Aft. 1776, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. Oct 15, 1830, Dublin, Ireland; m. MARY WILLIAMS, Nov 26, 1803, in ?. v. ROBERT WOOD, b. 1785, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?. vi. BENJAMIN WOOD, b. 1787, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. 1845, in ?; m. ANNA MARIA "AUNT BEN" MICHELL, ?. 16. vii. ROBERT WRIGHT WOOD, b. Bet. 1790 - 1791, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d.?. viii. ELEANOR WOOD, b. Aft. 1791, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. ?; m. HENRY DUNSFORD, ?. ix. CATHERINE WOOD, b. Aft. 1792, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. 1875, ?; m. (1) THOMAS HOWE, ?; m. (2) RICHARD WATKINS, ?. x. MARY WOOD, b. Aft. 1793, Tiverton, Devon, Eng; d. ?; m. GEORGE STODARD, ?. 18. WESTERN9 WOOD (MATTHEW8, WILLIAM7, MATTHEW6, MATTHEW5, BENJAMIN4, MATTHEW3, MATTHEW2, WILLIAM1) was born Jan 4, 1804 in England, and died May 17, 1863 in Kent, Eng. He married SARAH LETITIA MORRIS Jun 16, 1829 in ?, daughter of JOHN MORRIS and ????. Children of WESTERN WOOD and SARAH MORRIS are: 25. i. WESTERN10 WOOD, b. May 22, 1839, in ?; d. Apr 15, 1878, in ?. 26. ii. FREDERICK JOHN WOOD, b. Jun 15, 1834, ?; d. Jul 8, 1913, in ?. iii. MARIA ELIZABETH WOOD, b.?; d. Aug 5, 1878, in ?; m. EDWIN MADDY, Jul 18, 1827, in ?. iv. CATHERINE WOOD, b. ?; d. Mar 18, 1875, in ?; m. CHARLES STEPHENS, Jul 12, 1830, in ?. 26. FREDERICK JOHN10 WOOD (WESTERN9, MATTHEW8, WILLIAM7, MATTHEW6, MATTHEW5, BENJAMIN4, MATTHEW3, MATTHEW2, WILLIAM1) was born Jun 15, 1834 in ?, and died Jul 8, 1913 in ?. He married ROSE LUCY FRANKLIN Jun 6, 1883 in ?, daughter of CHARLES FRANKLIN and ????. Children of FREDERICK WOOD and ROSE FRANKLIN are: i. SARAH11 WOOD, b. Unknown, ?; d. May 31, 1870, in ?; m. WILLIAM SHADFORTH BOGER, August 22, 1857, in ?. ii. HARRIET CHARLOTTE WOOD, b.?; d. Nov 20, 1878, in ?; m. NEVILLE LUBBOCK, June 18, 1861, in ?. iii. ALICE PHELIPS WOOD, b.?; d. Dec 1, 1892, in ?; m. WILLIAM JAMES MORRIS, 1871, in ?.

I have Woods from St. Croix, Danish West Indies (Americans, though) attending the Moravian School at Bethlehem inn 1839. Believe the family were connected in some way to Philadelphia. Mary Jane Woods, after being at the school, eventually moved in 1864 or so to Bath, NY. She was a widow and died in 1892 in Chicago, IL. Let me know what you're looking for.

Does anyone else have ancestors in the Wood/Woods line that were living in or near Chemung county New York around 1840? Thanks. lequia@elite.net

This is a corrected copy of my previous message --- sorry. Note especially his date of death. _________ This clears-up much of the confusion between WOOD and WOODS families in Lancaster and Cumberland Co., PA in the 1700s. Quoting from a source: "Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s1800s" the Fourth Series, Vol. II, pp. 298-300: "EARLY CUMBERLAND VALLEY SETTLERS "Two of the oldest gravestones in the Silvers Spring Meeting House graveyard, are those of James Wood and William Mc Means. According to the inscription on the Mc Means headstone, he died in 1747. The tombstone of James Wood is a thick, heavy brown sandstone resting horizontally about a foot and a half from the ground. Its inscription is unique, and owing to its antiquity is deserving of notice. The slab is four foot and six inches long, two feet and six inches wide and one and one-half inches thick. Its head is circular in shape and the foot square. On the upper face of the slab is the effigy of a man probably three and a half feet long, carved in relief, resting on his back, representing the costume of the Georges-wig and queue, square coat reaching the knee and stiffened with wire to make it stand out at the skirt, stockings reaching above the knees, with shoes having high heals and long quarters. The effigy supports with his left arm flexed at right angles across the chest, a tree rooted and branched resting in an upright position over the right shoulder-the branches not spreading until above the shoulder. An old letter, yet preserved, written about 1800, by a lady describing the slab, states that the branches bore acorns. If so, the ravages of a hundred and forty-five winters have destroyed any sign of them. The following inscription is excellently preserved on the slab: In Memory of JAMES WOOD, who departed this life February 24th, 1750, aged 41 years. "Widow Jane Wood, who is mentioned as a taxable for the year 1751, and many subsequent ones for East Pennsborough township was this James Wood's wife. Her remains lie on the left aide of her husband's grave with only a rude head and foot stone to mark her resting place. She lived many years after her husband's death. "James Wood emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland, in 1731, where his father, Capt. John Wood, resided on as Irish estate presented him by King William of Orange for Gallantry at the battle of the Boyne in 1890-he having joined the army from Wales, on its invasion of Ireland. At the time of his arrival in America he was no more than twenty-two years old, yet was a married man. We only know in wife's Christian name, Jean. Within year after their arrival in this country their eldest son, George Wood, was born. James Wood first settled in Upper Paxtang, Lancaster now Dauphin county, Penn'a but about 1736, with a few of his neighbors crossed the Susquehanna river with his family and settled close to the western boundary of Lowther Manor, then held as a reservation by the Penn family, at a place now known as "Sporting Hill," in Silvers Spring township. His farm now belongs to Mr. Eberly. His neighbors were William Mc Means, James Silvers, William and John Orr, John McCormick and his two brothers, Samuel Fisher, Samuel Thompson, Henry Quigley, William Berryhill, William Noble, and Robert and James Robb, all fellow countrymen originally from the North of Ireland. "In connection with the family history o! James Wood, we copy the following incident which the younger James Silvers communicated to George Rupp. senior, more than eighty years ago: "During the French and Indian War a man was shot near Sporting Hill. Several persons had met on public business at Mr. James Wood's lately John Eberly's. One of the company went down toward William Mc Means, late Kreitzer's Spring, when he was shot and scalped. He had been recently married, and when they sent for his wife she was, to use the language of Mr. Silvers, who was present at the time, almost distracted, casting herself upon the corpse of the deceased, exclaiming, `Oh! Oh! My husband! My husband!' " "This neighborhood constituted the first regular settlement in Cumberland county. James Wood was evidently a methodical man, as he disposed of his worldly possessions by will and testament, which is on record in Carlisle. Samuel Fisher was one of his executors, William Noble the other, John McCormick a witness, William Treat, Esq., the Justice of the Peace. He left four children. George, the oldest, who married a daughter of his father's neighbor, William Mc Means, and who by the terms of the will according to the English custom of the time received all the landed estate. John, who married a Miss James and died at Fort Lee, on the Hudson river, during the Revolutionary War, being a member of the Cumberland County Associators, which went to the war in their regular tour of duty. His descendants now reside in Ohio. James, who went to the Carolinas and then to the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, Kentucky, and Jean, the only daughter, who married a Mr. Micheltree sad removed to Tuscarora Valley, now Juniata county. "The eldest son, George Wood, was a noted man is his day and generation, more than six feet tall, broad shouldered and active, he became a leader of men. He was a surveyor and well educated for the times. Unfortunately our historians have confounded him with George Woods, of Bedford, and afterwards of Pittsburgh, and it is exceedingly difficult at this day to say which was the true actor in the many adventures and anecdotes related of both. "George Wood removed his family to the banks of the Juniata river, near Thompsontown, where he died in 1807. He left four sons and six daughters, the descendants of which are scattered far and wide throughout the land." [Comments about the source: "Notes and Queries" was originally published between 1879 and 1895 as a series of newspaper columns in the Harrisburg "Daily Telegraph," then carried forward and published in five annual volumes between 1896 and 1900. The columns (and offprints of the columns which appeared in pamphlet form) were reprinted in seven volumes between the years 1894 and 1896; thus, with the five annual volumes for 18961900, the complete set of "Notes and Queries" which appears on CD #19 by Family Tree Maker totals twelve volumes. William Henry Egle was the State Librarian of Pennsylvania for twelve years. In a "Report of the State Librarian for the Year 1901," shortly after his death, his "Notes and Queries" was said to be "beyond all others the most important publication relating to the Scotch Irish in America." And in the preface to the early reprint series it was noted that "no contributions to any newspaper in the country have been so appreciated or more often referred to."] George W. Page

This clears-up much of the confusion between WOOD and WOODS families in Lancaster and Cumberland Co., PA in the 1700s. Quoting from a source: "Egle's Notes and Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s1800s" the Fourth Series, Vol. II, pp. 298-300: "EARLY CUMBERLAND VALLEY SETTLERS "Two of the oldest gravestones in the Silvers Spring Meeting House graveyard, are those of James Wood and William Mc Means. According to the inscription on the Mc Means headstone, he died is 1747. The tombstone of James Wood is a thick, heavy brown sandstone resting horizontally about a foot and a half from the ground. Its inscription is unique, and owing to its antiquity is deserving of notice. The slab is four foot sad six inches long, two feet and six inches wide and one and one-half inches thick. Its head is circular in shape and the foot square. On the upper face of the slab is the effigy of a man probably three and a half feet long, carved in relief, resting on his back, representing the costume of the Georges-wig and queue, square oat cost reaching the knee and stiffened with wire to make it stand out at the skirt, stockings reaching above the knees, with shoes having high heals and long quarters. The effigy supports with his left arm flexed at right angles across the chest, a tree rooted and branched resting in an upright position over the right shoulder-the branches not spreading until above the shoulder. An old letter, yet preserved, written about 1800, by a lady describing the slab, states that the branches bore acorns. If so, the ravages of a hundred and forty-five winters have destroyed any sign of them. The following inscription is excellently preserved on the slab: In Memory of JAMES WOOD, who departed this life February 24th, 1760, aged 41 years. "Widow Jane Wood, who is mentioned as a taxable for the year 1751, and many subsequent ones for East Pennsborough township was this James Wood's wife. Her remains lie on the left aide of her husband's grave with only a rude head and foot stone to mark her resting place. She lived many years after her husband's death. "James Wood emigrated from County Cavan, Ireland, in 1731, where his father, Capt. John Wood, resided on as Irish estate presented him by King William of Orange for Gallantry at the battle of the Boyne in 1890-he having joined the army from Wales, on its invasion of Ireland. At the time of his arrival is America he was no more than twenty-two years old, at was a married man. We only know in wife's Christian name. Jean. Within year after their arrival in this country their eldest son, George Wood, was born. James Wood first settled in Upper Paxtang, Lancaster now Dauphin county, Penn'a but about 1736, with a few of his neighbors crossed the Susquehanna river with his family and settled close to the western boundary of Lowther Manor, then held as a reservation by the Penn family, at a place now known as "Sporting Hill," in Silvers Spring township. His farm now belongs to Mr. Eberly. His neighbors were William Mc Means, James Silvers, William and John Orr. John McCormick and his two brothers, Samuel Fisher, Samuel Thompson, Henry Quigley, William Berryhill, William Noble, and Robert and James Robb, all fellow countrymen originally from the North of Ireland. "In connection with the family history o! James Wood, we copy the following incident which the younger James Silvers communicated to George Rupp. senior, more than eighty years ago: "Daring the French and Indian War a man was shot near Sporting Hill. Several persons had met on public business at Mr. James Wood's lately John Eberly's. One of the company went down toward William Mc Means, late Kreitzer's Spring, when he was shot and scalped. He had been recently married, and when they sent for his wife she was, to use the language of Mr. Silvers, who was present at the time, almost distracted, casting herself upon the corpse of the deceased, exclaiming, `Oh! Oh! My husband! My husband!' " "This neighborhood constituted the first regular settlement in Cumberland county. James Wood was evidently a methodical man, as he disposed of his worldly possessions by will and testament, which Is on record in Carlisle. Samuel Fisher was one of his executors, William Noble the other, John McCormick a witness, William Treat, Esq., the Justice of the Peace. He left four children. George, the oldest, who married a daughter of his father's neighbor, William Mc Means, and who by the terms of the will according to the English custom of the time received all the landed estate. John, who married a Miss James and died at Fort Lee, on the Hudson river, during the Revolutionary War, being a member of the Cumberland County Associators, which went to the war in their regular tour of duty. His descendants now reside in Ohio. James, who went to the Carolinas and then to the Falls of the Ohio, now Louisville, Kentucky, and Jean, the only daughter, who married s Mr. Micheltree sad removed to Tuscarora Valley, now Juniata county. "The eldest son, George Wood, was a noted man is his day and generation, more than six feet tall, broad shouldered and active, he became a leader of men. He was a surveyor and well educated for the times. Unfortunately our historians have confounded him with George Woods, of Bedford, and afterwards of Pittsburgh, and it is exceedingly difficult at this day to say which was the true actor in the many adventures and anecdotes related of both. "George Wood removed his family to the banks of the Juniata river, near Thompsontown, where he died in 1807. He left four sons and six daughters, the descendants of which are scattered far and wide throughout the land." [Comments about the source: "Notes and Queries" was originally published between 1879 and 1895 as a series of newspaper columns in the Harrisburg "Daily Telegraph," then carried forward and published in five annual volumes between 1896 and 1900. The columns (and offprints of the columns which appeared in pamphlet form) were reprinted in seven volumes between the years 1894 and 1896; thus, with the five annual volumes for 18961900, the complete set of "Notes and Queries" which appears on CD #19 by Family Tree Maker totals twelve volumes. William Henry Egle was the State Librarian of Pennsylvania for twelve years. In a "Report of the State Librarian for the Year 1901," shortly after his death, his "Notes and Queries" was said to be "beyond all others the most important publication relating to the Scotch Irish in America." And in the preface to the early reprint series it was noted that "no contributions to any newspaper in the country have been so appreciated or more often referred to."] George W. Page

This is some additional information regarding the Wood families of Benton TN c1850. As Benton was formed from Humphreys c1835, the following enumerations from Humphreys are are relevant. Again, I am looking for any information on any of the following individuals. Thanks for any help. Brett F. Woods Santa Fe, New Mexico Humphreys County TN 1812 Tax List - Captain Lankford's Company John Wood William Wood 1820 Humphreys County TN Census pg3 Nancy Wood (b. before 1775) 000000-01201 pg5 John Wood (b.1794-1804) 200100-10010 pg8 Felix G. Wood (b.1794-1804) 100100-00100 pg12 Polly Wood (b.1775-1794) 200000-01110 pg12 William Wood (b.1775-1794) 200010-00010 pg13 Mahlon Wood (b. before 1775) 101101-00110 1830 Humphreys County TN Census pg300 Stancel Wood (b.1800-1810) 00001-10001 pg301 Mahlon Wood (b.1770-1780) 00100001-0000001 pg301 William Wood (b.1800-1810) 10001-10001 [enumerated next to Mahlon] pg305 Nancy Wood (b.1760-1770) no males - 000001001 pg309 William Wood (b.1800-1810) 00001-10001 pg311 William Wood (b.1780-1790) 0001001-000001 [b. SC c1785] pg316 John Wood (b.1780-1790) 1000001-000001 pg321 Elijah Wood (b.1800-1810) 20001-000001 NOTE: Benton County TN was formed from Humphreys (and Henry County) c1835 1840 Humphreys County TN Census pg240 John Woods (b.1790-1800) 0010001-0200102

I also have a document for a John Wood....reads  1822 John Wood, deceased, Joseph Conrand and Charles Good, guardians of the persons and estates of William Wood, Henry Wood, Susanna C Wood and Isaac Wood, minor children of John Wood of Late, Little Britain Township, deceased having stated and filed at the Registers office at Lancaster the guardianship account of the estate of said minors and legal notice thereof being given by the said Register, etc. Does anyone have additional information on this family?  Why is his wife not mentioned?  What happened to him as with minor children he must have been young. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks Prayers go up, Blessings come down. Prayers go up, Blessings come down.

Thanks to all of you who answered my quest for Woods in Lancaster, PA. I am trying to find information on the following document.... This document states: We, Day Wood, John Stubbs and Joseph Thomas all of Little Britain in the county of Lancaster are held and firmlyu bound unto the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the sum of Seven Thousand dollars to be paid to the said Commonwealth for the use of the parties interested in the estate of John Wood, late of Little Britain, Lancaster...dated January 1839..... then it continues.... The Condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden Day Wood, administrat of all singular the goods chattels and credits of the said John Wood, deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all and singular goods chattels...etc..... I think this Day Wood may have been his wife, possibly???? Does anyone know anything about this family? Thanks Prayers go up, Blessings come down.

At 11:45 AM 1/31/2001 -0500, Mudpie3133@aol.com wrote: >Is anyone researching Woods of Lancaster, PA? Possibly 1800 >Thanks Yes, there are several of us who have been researching WOODs from that part of PA; but mostly in the1700s.

Is anyone researching Woods of Lancaster, PA? Possibly 1800 Thanks Prayers go up, Blessings come down.

Sorry for the 2nd note, I now that 1826 to 1853 online! Sylvia http://www.middlebury.edu/~swilson/introvc.html