Seeking siblings of William Woods, b 1771 NC, to Washington County TN by 1789, m Keziah Acklin 1796 at Abingdon VA, to Blount County TN in 1806, to Greenwood IN in 1830 & died there in 1848. He was the son of William Woods and Mary Hannah who lived Lancaster County PA and Guilford County NC. He was bound out as a youth for two years to a wheelwright in NC or TN before running away. His children were: Christopher Acklin Woods b 1797 William Washington Woods b 1799 Joseph Black Woods b 1801 James Vance Acklin Woods b 1804 Mary Hannah Woods b 1804 (twin) Elizabeth Woods b 1806 John Alexander Woods b 1809 Chrisssy Black Woods b 1811 Louisa Caroline Woods b 1816 Keziah Woods b 1813 Associated families could be Mitchel, Strain, Hannah, Carson, Campbell. Hope this connects with someone. Terry

Terry - I've seen reference to this family before but without the birthdates. Thanks for including those, as it appears the children were all born in TN and could not be "my" William Washington or Caroline Woods. One down; five hundred to go. :) The reference I saw (undocumented, of course, so you'll want to take this with a big spoon of salt) listed William's siblings as Elizabeth, John, Sarah, Rebekah, Stephen and Mary, born between 1760-1775 So, does anyone have a clue as to why William Washington Woods was such a blasted popular name in Central North Carolina? I have three that are definitely my line beginning in 1830 and two others that I suspect are cousins. Washington is not that common a surname in NC; could this all be from President Washington?