I am in possesion of a WOODS Family Genealogy compiled and written in the 1920's by Emmett M. Wickham Attorney, of Delaware , Ohio. As I have WebTv and no scanner, I will have to do this the old-fashioned way ( I have to type it) so I will post it in several parts....Hope this helps someone.... THE WOODS FAMILY JOSEPH WOODS "We should be proud of our ancestory, Joesph Woods. He was one of the immortals who fought at Lexington and Bunker Hill. On the night of April 18, 1775, when Paul Revere made his famous ride described in the poem by Longfellow, and gave the alarm to the Minute Men near Concord and Lexington, our ancestor marched from Bolton to Lexington and the next day, April 19, particiated in the battle in which the first blood was shed for American Independence. What a glorious privelege ! Then, two months later, June 17th, came the Battle of Bunker Hill. Too great a measure of honor cannot be bestowed on the patriots engaged in that conflit--every man of them a hero! I would rather be able to point to such an ancestor as Joseph Woods, a hero of Lexington and Concord, and Bunker Hill, than to any man who ever wore a crown. I think it would be neat and proper that we, the descendents of Joseph Woods and Joseph Welch, should forever hold June 17th, the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, as a holiday. We should provide ourselves with a good history of the United States and read about that Battle and, while we read, think of those two of our ancestors, thus keeping in memory their services to their country and their personal merits. About all the knowledge we have of Joseph Woods I have obtained from a communication received from the Pension Office in Washington , in reply to my inquiry into the military record of our ancestor and what is known of his service in the Revolutionary War as disclosed by a work published in the State of Massachusetts. From: MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS AND SAILORS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Vol.17, Pages 847 ff JOSEPH WOODS ***BOLTON 'Private-Capt. Artemus Howe's Co. of Militia, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; rep orted enlisted into the Army April 25, 1775; also Capt. Robert Longley's Co.; Asa Whitcomb's Regiment; muster roll dated August 1, 1775 enlisted April 26, 1775;services-3 months, 13 days; also Company receipts for wages for Sept. 1775, dated (campt (sic) at Prospect Hill) also Company Return, probably October 1775; also order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Charleston, December 21, 1775; also list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. David Nurses's Co., Col. Whitney' regt; residence-Bolton; joined Capt. Barnes' Co.,Col. Bigelow's regt., term 3 years; also list of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, muster master for Worcester County,Capt. Barnes' Co., Col. Bigelow's regt. mustered April 24, 1777; reported received 26 (IL) bounty; also Corporal- Capt. Barnes' Co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for services from April 15 , 1777 to December 31, 1779; reported as serving 22 months as Corporal, 8 months as Private, 2 months 16 days as Corporal, having been reinstated; also Corporal same company and regient muster roll for January - Augu 1777, dated Van Schaicks Island and sworn to at camp near Stillwater; enlisted April 15 , 1777; also same company and reiment return February 2, 1778; mustered by Worcester County Muster Master and by a Continental Muster Master ; also Private (late Capt. Barnes' Co., Col. Bigelow's regt. muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated 'Providence.'" ------------ That's it for now, but will continue to post the rest... Laurie ------------------------------------------------------------------- _ My family coat of arms ties in the back.... ------------------------------------------------------------------- * SURNAMES * ANDERSON - BOWEN - GARDNER - MCCUNE - MCFARLAND - O''NEILL - OSBORNE - REXROAT - SMITH - STENEBERG - THOMPSON - WICKHAM - WILLIS