Colonel William Woods

WILLIAM WOODS Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods

He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A129182

Red Flagged: "FUTURE APPLICANTS MUST PROVE CORRECT SERVICE".

GEDCOM Note

William Woods born 2 November 1705 in Dunshanglin, Meath County, Ireland, died 12 April 1782 in Fincastle, Greenbrier County, Virginia, married about 1732 (they are first cousins) in Pennsylvania. William took an active part in Colonial Wars, and attained the rank of Colonel in which rank he served during the Revolutionary War. He received military grants for land in Greenbrier County, Virginia, Madison County, Kentucky and some in Sciota County, Ohio. Colonel Woods was a signer of the Albemarle Declaration of Independence. He was also a Patriot, rendered material aid.

GEDCOM Source

The Compendium of American Genealogy; The Standard Genealogical Encyclopedia of The First Families of America Edited by Frederick A. Varkus, F.I.A.G. F. A. Varkus & County, 1928, 440-4425 Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill Johnson County Public Library, Shawnee Mission, Kansas Book:

pg 282 "6 - William (1707-82), b at Castle Dunshanglin, Ireland; accompanied his father, and settled in that part of Agusta which was included Botetourt, 1769; Col in Colonial wars; Lt. in Am. Rev.; signed Albemarle Declaration of Independance; m ca. 1732 his cousin, Susanna Wallace (b ca. 1708), came to America with her mother and uncle, Michael Woods, and settled in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. (Peter[7] b ca, 1680, a Scotch Highlander, spent the latter part of his life in Northern Ireland, m 1705 Elizabeth, (b 1684) dau. John Woods, m Elizabeth Worsop)."

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A History of Monroe County, West Virginia Oren F. Morton 1916 Book

pg 418 The will of William (Shusanna) is dated 1775 and was recorded 1782. Executors, Dr. Thomas Walker and William Woods of Albemarle and Michael Woods of Fincastle, the county in which the home of Rich was situated. The lands in Albemarle to be sold to pay debts; the older children - Michael, William, Adam, Archibald, Mary -- to have no share in stock and household furniture, but to have slaves and outlying debts; the younger ones were John, Andrew, Elizabeht, Hannah, Sarah, Peter; Peter, the youngest, to have the homestead and one year's schooling; wife to have slave Fanny; Mary to have slave Hannah; still not to be sold, but all the children to have an equal right to "her;" George Swope a witness to will.

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82210879/william-woods

LT William Woods

• BIRTH 2 Nov 1715
• Dunshaughlin, County Meath, Ireland
• DEATH 12 Apr 1783 (aged 67)
• Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA
• CENOTAPH Saint Pauls Cemetery Ivy, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 82210879

Husband of Susannah WALLACE, who is a daughter of Peter Wallace & Elizabeth WOODS Walace. They married Oct. 1, 1735 in Augusta County, Virginia. Minister, Lt.Col. during the Rev. War. Father of Rev. Pennywell Peter Woods, Michael Woods, Sgt. Adam Woods and William Wallace Woods, Archibald Woods, Andrew Woods. ∼
My 6th Great-Grandfather was born in Ireland to Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. He was a neighbor to president Thomas Jefferson's family. He succeeded his father as owner of the old Woods Family estate,"Mountain Plains", soon after he sold the plantation to Chief Justice Blair of the US Supreme Court. The estate was thereafter called Blair Park. The official records of the Colony in show that he had been a Lieutenant of the Albemarle Militia during the colonial wars. Hening’s Statutes at Large, Vol. 7, p. 202, we read that on September 14, 1758, William met with the first General Assembly held at the Capitol — Williamsburg, Virginia.

Listed as serving as a Lieutenant in the Albemarle County Militia, Virginia's Colonial Soldiers Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck, p. 202, 1988.

He died at his home in Fincastle County, Virginia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773, he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co., VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA: Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA.

WILLIAM WOODS Son of Michael and Mary Campbell Woods

He was born 1705 in Ireland at the Castle Dunshanglin and came to America with his parents and other relatives.

Will

WILLIAM WOODS’ WILL Dated April 12, 1775 Recorded, Will Bk. I, p-4

In the name of God, Amen. I, William Woods of Fincastle County, Farmer, being low and sick in body but of sound mind and calling to mind the mortality of the body; knowing that it is appointed once for all men to die — therefore, I recommend my body to the earth and my soul to God who gave it and desiring my body to have a decent burial and as for the worldly substance that God hath blessed me with, I do bequeath and dispose of in the following manner.

Imprimus, that is to say, that first of all my debts be paid. Item— I do hereby bequeath unto my beloved wife Susanna my bed and furni- ture with her choice of one milk cow out of the whole also her choice of one horse or mare out of that part of my Estate also my old negro Fanny over and above a child’s part during her life or until she is married and then to be divided among my younger children hereafter named also that she shall have her maintenance and clothing about the house during her life or widowhood as when I was alive.

Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest son Peter my planta- tion I now live on also that the executors shall give him one years schooling also that my Albemarle lands shall be sold to pay my just debts.

Item — I do require that my sons Michael, William, Adam, Archi- bald, and daughter Mary shall have no share of my stock or house- hold furniture, but of the negroes and outlying debts only, also Hanna that lives with daughter Mary shall be sold or divided with the rest of the negroes at the direction of the Executors.

Item — I do bequest and give unto my youngest children that is John, Andrew, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah, and Peter all my stock of horses, cows, hogs, and household furniture to be equally divided amongst them besides an equal share of the negroes and the outlying debts also that they shall have their maintenance and clothing about the house during life or until they are married also I desire that my still shall not be sold but that my children shall have an equal right to her and set her up for the use of the whole family upon this place, also, I do hereby revoke and disallow of all other wills and testaments by me before made and do establish this to be my last will and testa- ment for the use within mentioned as witness my hand and seal this the twelfth day of April in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five.

Willm Woods (Seal)

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us: Adam Clendinen James Williams, Philemon Cavanaugh His

George X Swore mark

Military Service

Note: William Woods has been recognized as a Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel, however, I have not seen any official documentation that supports this rank. There is historical documentation that he served as a Lieutenant during the Colonial Wars serving under Peter Jefferson, President Thomas Jefferson's father.

• Updated from WikiTree Genealogy via son Pennywell 'Peter' Woods by SmartCopy: Nov 1 2015, 0:49:32 UTC
• Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 118 : 1915 1,61157::3545264

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woods-456

Biography
Ireland Native
William Woods was born in Ireland.

William Woods was born in 1705/6 in Dunshanglin Castle, Ireland. He immigrated between 1720 and 1730 to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He lived in Augusta County, Virginia between 1732 and 1734. He died in 1782 in Greenbriar County, West Virginia. From White, Jennings, Davidson and Allied Families:

WILLIAM WOODS

William Woods, the eldest son of Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. was born in Dunshanglin Castle. Ireland. in 1705-6. After receiving a liberal education, he entered the army as an ensign in an Irish regiment. He came with his father and lived for a time in what is now Lancaster Co., Pa., and remained there until the Woods and Wallaces, settled in about 1732-1734, in that part of Augusta Co.. Va., which was included in Botetourt Co., Va., created in 1769, and in Fincastle Co.. organized in 1772, and later included in Greenbrier Co., West Va. He died in 1782, where his will was probated on April 16, 1782, in Greenbrier Co., West Va. Will Book No. 1, page 4. He took an active part in the Colonial Wars, including the French and Indian Wars, and attained the rank of Colonel, in which rank he served during the Revolutionary War. (So says George Selden Wallace in his book, "WALLACE"). The "Woods McAfee Memorial" says that "The official records of the Colony for the year 1758 show that he had been a lieutenant in the Albemarle militia." There is a facsimile of his receipt, given July 15, 1767. which indicates that in that year he was living in Albemarle Co. 'Mr. Wallace also says that William Woods received military grants for land in Greenbrier Co., West Va., Madison Co., Ky.. and some in Sciota Co., Ohio. William Woods married about 1732, his cousin, Susannah Wallace, born in Ireland, about 1703, the daughter of Peter Wallace, Sr., and Elizabeth Woods, and emigrated to America with her mother and her brother, Michael Woods, Sr. The second child of Peter Wallace and the tenth child of William Woods, as you notice in their lines, became our forbear. For it was Mary Woods who m. in 1763, George Davidson; their eldest son. Samuel Davidson. who in Lincoln Co.. Ky.. m. Feb. 15, 1797, Sallie Logan, dau. of John Logan and Anne McClure. dau. of John and Mary McClure (See their respective lines). Four of the Davidson children married four of the Jennings children, thus giving us four sets of double first cousins (See Jennings and Davidson lines). William Woods and Susanna Wallace were married in 1732.

Susanna Wallace was born in 1708 in Ireland. Children were:

i.Adam C Woods was born in 1740. He served in the military in Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
ii.Peter Woods was born in 1742.
iii.John Woods.
iv.Michael Woods was born in 1746.
v.Andrew Woods27 was born in 1747.27 He was a Baptist preacher.
vi.Archibald Woods Sr.
vii.William "Beaver Creek Billy" Woods.
viii.Sarah Woods was born in 1761.
ix.Susan Woods.
x. Mary Woods.
xi. Hannah Woods.
xii.Elizabeth Woods.

William Woods was born November 2, 1715 in Ireland to Michael Woods and Mary (Campbell) Woods. He married his first cousin Susannah Wallace. Will died April 12, 1782 in Greenbrier Co., Virginia. William is a recognized American Revolution Patriot by the Daughters of the American Revolution for "Rendered Material Aid." His Patriot Index Number is: A129182.

William Woods was born in Dunshanglin Castle to Michael Woods and Margaret Campbell. He served as an Ensign in an Irish Regiment before emigrating to America. He was a friend and Neighbor to president Thomas Jefferson's family. He succeeded his father as owner of the old Woods Family estate,"Mountain Plains", soon after he sold the plantation to Chief Justice Blair of the US Supreme Court. The estate was there after called Blair Park. The official records of the Colony in 1758 show that he had been a Lieutenant of the Albemarle Militia. Sometime between 1767 and 1773 he moved to Fincastle Co., VA, where his will was filed in 1775. His will was probated in Greenbrier Co.,VA (now WV) in 1782. He names his wife and eleven children in his will. He gave patriotic service in Virginia during the Revolution War. The American Gen. Research Institute. THE WOODS FAMILY. (Arlington, VA:Author, 1973) p. 76. William Woods Sr b. 2 Nov 1715 d. 12 Apr 1782, married Susannah Wallace, PS VA. He contributed to the American Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant Colonel before he died of old age.[1]

William was born in 1715. He passed away in 1783. [2]

Confirmation date: 1769 Confirmation place. Settled in Augusta included in Botetout Co., VA

FCOM place: Colonel in colonial wars/ Compendium

Occupation: Lt. in American Revolutionary War/ Compendium

birthdate from by Ann Holder Holmes

JULY 16, 1746.
Wm. Woods, Thos. Williams, Michael Finey, appointed Constables in Fork of James River.

GEDCOM Note

Served in the American Revolutionary War