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About Captain Archibald Woods

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA with the rank of Captain. DAR Ancestor # A128823


father to Archibald, Lucy (Caperton), William W, Susannah (Goodloe), Anna (Miller), Mourning (Miller)and Mary (Collins) deceased. His Grandson, Archibald W. Goodloe was named the Exec of his estate and the will was witnessed by James Estill Sr and Mary E. Estill. (source; Madison Co, Abstracts of Wills, Bk F, page 241, dated 17 Mar 1837.)

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Birth year: 1749; Birth city: Albemarle; Birth state: VA 1,4725::2837266

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Year: 1810; Census Place: Madison, Madison, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 241; Image: 00246; Family History Library Film: 0181352 1,7613::690775

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Source number: 12004.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY 1,7836::1357169

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Birth year: 1749; Birth city: Albemarle; Birth state: VA 1,4725::2837266

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Year: 1810; Census Place: Madison, Madison, Kentucky; Roll: 7; Page: 241; Image: 00246; Family History Library Film: 0181352 1,7613::690775

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By an Act of 1787 made a trustee of Boonesborough, KY

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 137
Grantee: Woods, Archibald
Acres: 500
Book: 5
Page: 579
Date Survey: 3-18-1784
County: Lincoln
Watercourse: Muddy Cr

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 138
Grantee: Woods, Archibald
Acres: 500
Book: 6
Page: 300
Date Survey: 8-11-1784
County: Lincoln
Watercourse: Tates Cr

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER II VIRGINIA GRANTS (1782-1792)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 138
Grantee: Woods, Archibald
Acres: 500
Book: 7
Page: 473
Date Survey: 3-18-1784
County: Lincoln
Watercourse: Branch of Muddy Cr

CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
Volume 1
Part 1 page 253
Grantee: Woods, Archibald
Acres: 90
Book: 7
Page: 27
Date Survey: 4-13-1796
County: Madison
Watercourse: Muddy Cr

THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS
Volume 1
Part 1
CHAPTER III OLD KENTUCKY GRANTS (1793-1856)
THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY
page 253
Grantee: Woods, Archibald
Acres: 11
Book: 7
Page: 28
Date Survey: 4-13-1796
County: Madison
Watercourse: Muddy Cr

Served in the American Revolutionary War. Captain 15th 1780-1781 Virginia Militia SAR #13568

The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 15
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN PEVOLUTION.
page 199

[p.199] Mrs. Mary Miller Stephens.
DAR ID Number: 14532
Born in Kentucky.
Wife of Charles Stephens.
Descendant of Capt. Archibald Woods, of Virginia.
Daughter of Gen. John Miller and Elizabeth Jones Goodloe, his wife.
Granddaughter of William Goodloe and Susannah Woods, his wife.
Gr.-granddaughter of Archibald Woods and Mourning Harris Shelton, his wife.
Archibald Woods, (1749-1836), served in the Virginia militia until the surrender at Yorktown. He was born in Albemarle county, Va., and was a pensioner from Madison county, Ky., where he died.
Also No. 4077.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS Of VIRGINIA
Revolutionary War Records of Virginia, p.526 [p.527]SECTION IV Revolutionary War Records of Virginia, p.527 VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS ON VIRGINIA STATE LINE [p.528] Section IV
(22) VIRGINIA STATE TROOPS ON VIRGINIA STATE LINE ("COPIED FROM DOCUMENTS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT," U. S., AND FILED IN NAVAL RECORDS AND LIBRARY).
(23) ABSTRACTS FROM PENSION APPLICATIONS AND HALF PAY CLAIMS, VIRGINIA AND OTHER STATES. (ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, U. S. WAR DEPARTMENT).Additional to those applications found in the United States Pension Bureau. Abstracted by Mr. Frank Johnson Metcalf and published by Official authority.*
Rank Artillery Infantry Cavalry
page 579
Wilson, Thomas (A.G. 50,195), Lieut. in the Ill. Regt. Va. State Troops, commanded by George Rogers Clark. He d Feb. 27, 1828, in Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Ky., leaving a wife but no children. John Montgomery, Lieut.-Col. of his Regt testified that he served from Apr. 28, 1779 to June 23, 1782. In his will made Feb. 27, 1827, when he was about 76 years of age, he mentions his wife, Mary, Eli Wheat, Archibald Woods of Harrodsburg, Joseph Woods, bro. of Archibald, James Woods, also bro.of Archibald, and of Springfield. To each of these three bros. he gives one third of one thousand dollars. His exrs. were Dr. [p.579]Phillip Trapnall and Thomas Allen. The will was witnessed by Thomas L. Wheat, John M. Carter and Nancy B. Pratten.

American Biographical Library, The Biographical Cyclopædia of American Women, Volume II
Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
Alphabetical List of Officers of the Continental Army
W
Fifteenth Virginia
page 605
Woods, Archibald (Va). Captain Virginia Militia, 1780-1781.

Goodspeed History of Franklin County
"WHEREAS, The honor of the United States has made it necessary that war should be declared against Great Britain by the United States; and whereas, in this contest it may evidently happen that the active part of our force may be called off to distant service, by which an opportunity will be afforded to the disaffected (if any such there should be amongst us), to do much mischief: Therefore, for the purpose of defending the frontiers and property of our younger brethren when flghting our battles abroad, and to suppress and put down any combination which may manifest itself inimicable to our beloved country we, the undersigned, all over forty-five years of age, and most of whom fought in the late Revolutionary war. have embodied ourselves into a company, to be denominated the Revolutionary Volunteers of Franklin County; and when the company is formed, officers to command the same shall be elected by the suffrages of the members of the company. Captain, Wallis Estill; first lieutenant, Richard Farris; second lieutenant, John Woods; ensign , James Russey; sergeants, A. Berryhill, Alex Beard, James Holland, Jacob Casterline; adjutant, James Lewis, Rev. John Davis, Rev. Wm. Ginnings, Jesse Embry, Jesse Bedu, John Champion, Samuel Henderson, Jos. Champion, John Chilcoat, Ralph Crabb, Jesse Toulan, Francis Adams, John Poe, Wm. Thompson, George Waggoner, Benj. Johnson, Samuel Rosebary, Archibald Woods. Rev. Andrew Woods, Rev. Peter Woods Rev. Robert Bell, David Milligan, Elijah Williams, Ebenezer Picket, Moses Ayers, John Denson, Joseph McClusky, James Weeks, Alex. Borehill, Nicholas Robinson, James Busby, Thomas Green, Samuel Reynolds, Jesse Perkins, James Holland, John Robinson, William King, Samuel Runnells, William Crawford, James King, Richard Mi

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woods-2569

Biography
1776 Project
Captain Archibald Woods II served with Greenbrier County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Archibald Woods II is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128823.

Complete biography in Chapter 8, p. 199-200 of [1]

Alleged father of John Woodfin

Husband of Nancy, father to Archibald, Lucy (Caperton), William W, Susannah (Goodloe), Anna (Miller), Mourning (Miller)and Mary (Collins) deceased. His Grandson, Archibald W. Goodloe was named the Exec of his estate and the will was witnessed by James Estill Sr and Mary E. Estill. (source; Madison Co, Abstracts of Wills, Bk F, page 241, dated 17 Mar 1837.)

He is buried In Madison County, Kentucky [2]

Spouses per DAR record

MOURNING HARRIS SHELTON
DORCAS HENDERSON

Children listed in Findagrave

Lucy Woods Caperton 1774-1854
William Woods 1776-1840
Susan Woods Goodloe 1778-1851
Mary Woods Collins 1780-1822
Sarah Woods 1783-1785
Archibald Woods 1785-1859
Anna Woods Miller 1787-1859 m. Thomas Mller
Thomas Woods 1789-1806
Ann Woods 1791-1791
Mourning Woods Miller 1792-1852

Sources

↑ Miller, W. H. 1907. History and genealogies of the families of Miller, Woods, Harris, Wallace, Maupin, Oldham, Kavanaugh and (illustrated), with interspersions of notes of the families Dabney, Reid, Martin, Broadus, Gentry, Jarman, Jameson, Ballard, Mullins, Michie, Moberley, Covington, Growning, Duncan, Yancey and others. (https://archive.org/details/historygenealogie00mill)
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20003677

DAR record https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...
Transcribed Pension Application - Archibald Woods

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Served in the American Revolutionary War

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20003677/archibald-woods

SAR Application https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/791967:2204

ARW Pension Records https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/66035:1995

DAR
WOODS, ARCHIBALD
Ancestor #: A128823
Notice:
PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED WITH AT LEAST ONE PREVIOUSLY VERIFIED PAPER - SEE ANCESTOR’S FULL RECORD (WHY?)
Child/Child :
MOURNING / [1] GARLAND BURLEIGH MILLER
Service:
VIRGINIA Rank(s): CAPTAIN
Birth:
1-27-1749 ALBEMARLE CO VIRGINIA
Death:
12-17-1836 MADISON CO KENTUCKY
Pension Number:

  • S14892

Service Source:

  • S14892

Service Description:
1) COLS RUSSELL, LEWIS, DONALLY, HENDERSON,
2) VA MILITIA

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Captain Archibald Woods's Timeline

1749
January 27, 1749
Albemarle County, VA
1774
October 25, 1774
VA
October 25, 1774
Virginia
1774
Virginia, United States
1776
March 22, 1776
Virginia
March 22, 1776
VA
1778
June 13, 1778
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States of America
June 13, 1778
Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States