After receiving several requests for additional inforamtion on WILLIAM WOOTEN, I have reviewed my files and am sharing (1) the following post that is dated for the times it was recorded in my database and (2) computer database for four generations of William's family. WILLIAM WOOTEN Files: August 1989 William Preston article: "Records indicate that he pushed deeper into NC and settled in Edgecombe Co. william had land holdings in Edgecombe and Putt Counties. Through his sons, William became progenitor of practically every Wooten born in Edgecombe, Pitt, Greene, Lenior, and Wayne counties. He added a fourth son to his will in 1792. [Will: "To 'Ann all of my property escept a piece between Hog Pen Branch & Causeway Branch, which is for James Wooten. Witnesses: Joel and Joshua Wooten."]." mws May 1996 files of A. Wooten/source WFT CD's / received from D. Wooten "William's will was probated in Edgecombe Co., NC, May 1792. On 17 November 1728 the nuncupative will of William Rutter leaves articles to William Wooten (Isle of Wight County Will Book 3, Page 142). An inventory lists tools of the trades of leather goods maker and hatter. William Wooten was apparently an apprentice cordwainer and hatter. The occupation of hatter ties together the evidence for William's descendants in later years. On 21 November 1744 William Wooten deeded land, with "... the consent of his wife...", to James Council and James Bryant [Bryant limited to a life interest]. The land is described as "being part of a tract and deed that Mr. Hardy Councill recorded to the aforesaid William Wooten after his father's decease which deed bears date the 22nd day of March one thousand seven hundred and thirty..." The deed is signed by William Wooten and Ann Wooten (Isle of Wight County Deed Book 7, Page 16). James Bryant was the father-in-law of James Council, who had married Elizabeth Bryant (Isle of Wight County Will Book 7, Page 240 will of James "Briand" names son-in-law James Council). James Bryant was also the father-in-law of William Wooten, married to Ann Bryant. The Bryant families owned land adjoining the Wooten families' lands. William named one of his sons James, and two of William's four sons named their sons Bryant. On 6 June 1756 William Wooten, Hatter, buys land in Edgecombe Co., North Carolina (Halifax County Deed Book 6, Page 75). In a deed of land on 30 December 1779, William Wooten, of Edgecombe Co., North Carolina, sells land which he inherited from his nephew, Hardy Wooten. In this transaction, William identifies his family members as he explains how he inherited the land: Hodges Council, his daughter Lucy married Richard Wooten [II]; the son of Lucy and Richard [II] was Richard Wooten [III]; the son of Richard [III] was Hardy Wooten who died intestate and without issue. William is the eldest brother and heir-at-law [primogeniture] to Richard III (Isle of Wight County Deed Book 16, Page 222-223). On 27 April 1792 William Wooten made his will leaving property to his wife Ann, and land to James Wooten [his son] (Edgecombe County Will Book C, Page 197). " November 9, 1997 File received from Belinda M. Hughes/ Internet: "22 Mar. 1730...Hardy Council, Gent. to Richard Wooten and wife, Luch Wooten and their son, William Wooten as consideration of a law suit over trepass [Lucy Wooten was the sister of Hardy Council.] ... 500 acres on Bever Dam Swamp. Witness: Barnaby Kearney, Christopher Reynolds, Hardy Council, John Pitt Recorded 22 Mar. 1730 (Isle of Wight Co., VA Deeds 1720-1736 and 1741-1749 by Hopkins pgl. 30, Isle of Wight Deed Book 4 1729-1736 pg. 104.)" mws ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following includes four generations of the family of WILLIAM WOOTEN from my files. PLEASE send any corrections or additional info to the list with sources, if available. Thanks, Martha Descendants of: William Wooten [Files of Martha Wooten Solomon/ Nov. 97 ] 1 William Wooten b. abt. 1710 d. 1792 m. (1) abt. 1725 Ann Bryant d. abt 1812 (2) m. Ann Deen [date of marriage ???] 2 Amos Wooten (I) b. bet. 1742-1744 d. Dec-28-1812; m. Pricilla Taylor 3 William Wooten b. 1774 (abt.) d. Oct-23-1830; m. 1794 (abt.) Lynda Randolph 4 Nancy Wooten [dates needed]; m. 1826 John Sparkmon 4 Leviny Wooten m. 1825 Redding Corbitt 4 Telltha Wooten m. Thomas Felton 4 Winny Wooten m. 1825 Gray Cobb 4 Elizabeth Wooten 4 Howell Wooten 4 William Wooten 4 Levi Wooten 4 Ivy Wooten 4 Tamsey Wooten 4 Zilphy Wooten m. ________ Sparkmin 3 Absalam Wooten b. 1775-1780 m. 1830 Fanny Bolton 4 _______ Wooten b. 1810 (bef) 3 Elizabeth Wooten b. 1777 m. Bryant Edwards 3 Ann Wooten b. 1779 d. Dec-18-1813; m. Silley Edwards 3 Milley Wooten b. 1779 d. bef. 1850; m. Dempsey Corbitt 3 Eli Wooten b. 1780 d. Jan-18-1919 (?); m. 1803 (abt.) Jerusha Vickers 4 Martha Wooten m. John Lodge 4 Cynthia Wooten 4 Elizabeth Wooten m. Simeon Lodge 4 Hardy Vickers Wooten b. Dec-15-1813 d. Jul-19-1856; m. Jan-24-1841 Charlotte Rochelle d. 1855 4 Eli Wooten b. 1816; m. Amanda _______ b. 1826 4 James David Wooten b. Mar-09-1819 3 Amos Wooten (II) b. 1781 (abt.) d. Dec-15-1848 (?); m. 1814 (abt.) Priscilla Edwards 4 Spencer W. Wooten b. 1815 d. 1878 (bef.); m. 1843 (aft.) Jenetta Edwards b. 1814 4 Mansel Wooten b. 1818; m. 1850 Sally Cobb b. 1820 4 Delpha Ann Wooten b. 1820; m. 1845 Stephen W. Wooten b. 1820 4 Worrell Wooten b. 1823 m. 1858 (aft.) Tamsey Corbitt 3 Stephen Wooten b. Jul-22-1783 d. Jul-01-1857 m. Elizabeth Bolton 4 Henry Wooten b. 1811 d. 1832 (aft.) m. abt. 1832/33 Elizabeth Cobb b. 1816 4 Amos Wooten b. 1813 d. Jun-00-1862 m. 1837 Sally Louisa Norvill 4 Charity Wooten b. Apr-15-1815 d. Nov-12-1881 m. 1836 (abt.) Stephen Edwards 4 Elizabeth Wooten b. May-05-1817 d. Feb-02-1884 4 Stephen W. Wooten b. 1820 m. 1845 Delpha Ann Wooten b. 1820 4 Benjah Wooten b. 1823 d. 1883 (aft.) m. 1846 Permella "Chelly" Edwards 3 Hardy W. Wooten b. 1785 (abt.) d. Mar-31-1815 m. _____ Mournin d. 1814 (before) 4 Joel Wooten b. 1813 d. Nov-13-1867 m. Dec-18-1836 Nancy Hurley Roberts b. Nov-13-1867 d. 1870 (aft.) 3 Winifred Wooten b. 1787 (abt.) d. 1849 m. before 1813 John Cobb 3 David Wooten b. 1789 d. 1824 3 Epriam Wooten b. 1792 (before) m. Polly ________ b. 1790 d. 1850 (aft.) 4 Eliza Wooten m. 1846 Levi Mercer 4 Drucilla Wooten m. 1849 Samuel Taylor 4 Oliver Wooten b. _____ d. 1850 (bef.) 4 Pricilla Wooten b. 1822 m. 1841 Eli W. Edwards 4 James Wooten b. 1822 4 Epriam Wooten b. 1827 d. Oct-26-1862 m. 1859 (bef.) Trezina _________ b. 1836 4 Norman Wooten b. 1829 4 Polly Wooten b. 1832 m. 1853 John Owens 3 Jesse Wooten b. 1793 d. 1826 m. 1815 Tabitha Bolton b. 1793 4 Ephraim W. Wooten b. 1807 d. 1842 (bef.) 4 Asia Wootten/Wooten b. 1809 d. 1841 (bef.) 4 Luanza Wootten/Wooten b. 1811 d. 1813 4 Redmond Wootten/Wooten b. 1814 4 Spencer D. Wooten b. Mar-28-1816 d. Jun-30-1889 m. Nov-05-1855 Francis M. Jackson b. Jun-08-1833 d. Feb-28-1919 4 Absalom Wooten b. 1824 d. 1899 m. Sarah M. b. 1834 d. 1899 2 Joel Wooten b. Nov-22-1754 d. abt 1813 m. Feb. 10, 1787 Elizabeth Jordan b. 1760 d. abt 1826 3 Jesse Wooten b. 1782 d. 1850 m. Pollie Phillips 3 Redden Wooten b. 1785 d. 1856 m. May-17-1810 Susanna Byrd (#1) b. May 17, 1810 d. aft. 1840 m. 1850 Martha Ann Dukes (#2) b. 1824 4 Elizabeth Wooten b. 1811 m. Sep-03-1828 Morgan G. Swain 4 Easter Wooten b. 1813 m. Aug-12-1831 Adonriam Vann 4 Sarah Wooten b. 1815 m. Dec-01-1834 Lasa Adams 4 Joel Byrd Wooten b. 1817 m. Nov-21-1841 Mary "Polly" Roberts b. 1824 d. bef. 1870 4 Martha Wooten b. 1820 m. Dec-04-1839 Ezekial Parrish 4 Redden Byrd Wooten b. 1830 m. Nancy Edmondson b. 1832 4 John Dukes Wooten b. 1851 m.(1) Martha P. Williams (2) m. Jun-29-1886 Lizzie McRaie 4 Susanna Dukes Wooten b. 1854 m. Oct-23-1869 William Cooper 4 Henry Dukes Wooten b. 1854 m. Apr-26-1890 Lula Victoria Kauffman 4 Elijah Dukes Wooten b. 1855 4 Elisha Dukes Wooten b. 1857 m. Nov-05-1881 Julia E. Futch 4 Sarah Dukes Wooten b. 1859 3 Richard Wooten b. 1786 d. 1860 (abt.) m. Elizabeth Brannen 4 Elizabeth Ann Wooten b. 1820 (aft.) m. Sep-05-1844 John J. Clements 4 John Wooten b. 1827 m. Huldah _____________ b. 1831 4 Hughes Wooten b. 1835 m. Aug-05-1855 Mary Ann Burkhalter b. 1837 4 Hester Wooten b. 1836 4 Cornelius R. Wooten b. 1839 m. Feb-04-1858 Martha Ann Browning b. 1840 4 Sarah Wooten b. 1845 3 Isabella Wooten b. 1790 3 Bryant Ben Wooten b. 1795 d. bef. Sept. 1867 m. Dec. 16, 1825 Jincy Lee ("Mammy") b. 1807 4 Simon Lee Wooten b. 1830 d. Dec. 3, 1896 m. Aug. 25, 1853 Clara Jane Ricks 4 Tobitha "Bithy" Wooten b. 1832 m. Nov. 26, 1846 Alfred A. Smith 4 Bryant Lee Wooten (Sr.) b. Nov-12-1835 d. May-19-1907 m. (1) Narcissa Passmore b. May 9, 1864 d. abt 1857 m. (2) 1858 Susannah Passmore b. May 5, 1844 d. Apr. 3, 1931 4 Jincy Wooten b. 1837 d. 1862 m. Joseph Garrett 4 William Jordan Wooten (I) b. 1838/1839 d. Apr. 15, 1862 m. Zaney ______ b. abt 1838-48 ? 4 Elizabeth Wooten b. 1840 d. Oct. 30, 1927 m. 1859 Bryant W. Hayes 4 Caroline Wooten b. 1841 m. Henry Peterson Bennett 4 Joel W. Wooten b. Mar. 4, 1844 4 Roxann Wooten b. Mar. 23, 1846 d. Feb. 29, 1895 m. John David Spivey 4 Abraham Lee Wooten b. 1848 d. 1915 m. Priscilla Minshew b. 1850 d. 1932 4 Mary Ann Wooten b. 1851 3 Elizabeth Wooten b. 1800 d. 1845 m. James W. Rawlins 3 Henry Wooten b. Feb. 2, 1801 d. Nov. 11, 1884 m. Oct. 15, 1825 Jane McArthur b. 1809 4 William Henry Wooten b. 1828 d. 1864 4 Reddin Daniel Wooten b. 1830 d. Dec-13-1862 m. Molly Pinnick 4 Allen Columbus "A.C." Wooten b. 1839 4 John Alexander Wooten b. Nov-01-1834 m. Jane McEachin 4 Eliza Wooten b. 1826 m. Aug-21-1845 Jacob C. Clements 4 Charles Wesley Wooten b. 1832 4 Duncan Franklin Wooten b. 1845 4 Sarah Ann Elizabeth Wooten b. 1847 m. John W. Griffin 4 Mary Abigail Wooten b. 1851 m. Nov-28-1870 William E. Graham 4 Joel Edward Wooten b. 1856 m. Anna Pace 3 John Wooten b. 1803 d. Dec. 29, 1855 m. 1828 (bef.) Susan ________ b. 1810 4 Redden C. Wooten b. 1828 4 Emily A. Wooten b. 1831 4 John B. Wooten b. 1836 d. 1871 (bef.) 4 Love Ann Wooten b. 1838 4 Julia D. Wooten b. 1842 4 Ellen Wooten b. 1850 (aft.) 3 Simon Wooten b. Nov-20-1805 d. 1868 m. Feb-23-1827 Margaret McGlothlin (#1) d. in or aft.1840 m. Catherine Jane Laslie (#2) [surname: Lashlie ???] 4 Andrew Jackson "Jack" Wooten b. Dec. 12, 1828 d. June 13, 1905 m. Jan.7, 1873 Cornelia Ann Courson b. Sept. 17, 1853 d. May 9, 1931 4 Davis Beaureguard Wooten 4 Redden Wooten b. 1830 m. before 1860 Mary _____ b. 1839 4 Martha Elizabeth Wooten b. 1830 (abt.) 4 Margaret Jane Wooten b. 1833 4 John Wooten b. 1834 4 Mary Ann Wooten b. 1836 4 Susan Catherine Wooten b. 1838 4 Florida Ann Wooten b. 1839 4 Isabella Augusta Wooten b. 1840 4 William Wooten b. 1848 4 Nancy Bright Woten b. 1850 4 Henry Wooten b. 1852 4 Octavlus Wooten b. 1854 4 Thomas Jefferson Wooten b. 1858 4 James Monroe Wooten b. 1858 3 Luraney Wooten b. Sept. 7, 1807 d. 1870 (aft.) m. Apr. 27, 1827 John C. Love 3 Sarah Wooten b. Sep-12-1826 d. ? m. Sept. 12, 1826 Wyatt Parrish 2 James Wooten b. 1755 (before?) d. 1821 (aft.) m. Martha Shelton b. 1755 (before) d. 1821 (aft.) 3 Sally Wooten m. Joseph Tayloy [should this be Taylor??] 3 James Wooten 3 Jesse Wooten b. _____ d. 1808 m. May Berry 4 Jesse Wooten, Jr. 4 William Wooten 4 Sherwood Wooten 4 Berry Wooten 4 Mary Wooten 3 Henry Wooten b. 1774 d. 1828 m. 1794 (abt.) Betsey 4 James Wooten b. 1794 (abt.) 4 Catherine Wooten b. 1784 (abt.) 4 Priscilla Wooten b. 1810 (aft.) 4 Martha Wooten b. 1810 (aft.) 4 Sarah Wooten b. 1820 d. 1850 (aft.) m. 1840 (bef.) Joseph Tugwell b. 1819 d. 1860 (aft.) 2 Joshua Wooten b. 1788-1789 d. 1812 m. Keziah 3 Bryant Wooten b. 1789 d. 1856 m. Alifair Screws 3 Amos Wooten b. 1803 d. 1874 (aft.) m. 1830 (abt.) Neoma _________ b. 1806 4 Sally Wooten b. 1832 4 Lizzy Wooten b. 1834 4 Bryant H. Wooten b. Nov. 1835 m. Sabrey Jane Lanier b. Sep. 1833 d. 1910 (aft.) 4 Amos Wooten b. 1838 d. 1863 m. Dec-04-1858 Hester Lee Lanier b. 1840 4 Susan Wooten b. 1840 4 Neoma Wooten b. May 1844 4 Joshua Wooten b. 1847 4 John C. Wooten b. 1847 m. before 1875 Nancy J. _________ b. 1858 d. 1890 (bef.)