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About John Wood
Daughters of American Revolution Ancestor #: A128030
Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: (CIRCA) 1730 VIRGINIA
Death: (ANTE) 5- -1780 WASHINGTON CO NORTH CAROLINA
Service Source: POFFENBARGER, THE BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT, P 95
Service Description: 1) BATTLE OF POINT PLEASANT
John wrote his will in Bedford County, Va., in 1776. He named his wife Agnes, whose maiden name was probably Griffith,and the following children: John Jr., Winifred, Milly, Elizabeth, Rachel, Agnes, Richard, Elijah and Henry. He fought with the Virginia pioneers against the Indians led by Chief Cornstalk at Point Pleasant, in Oct. 1774. They won peace with the Indians. Researches say that is why we won the Revolutions. We could not have fought the Indians on the Western border and British on Eastern border and been successful. Following this battle, he participated in Capt. Rowlands company in the Cherokee expedition in Tennessee. He helped lay out Jonesboro, Tn,. in 1779 and received lots #42, #51. On May 5, 1778 he purchased land from Jacob Brown on the south side of the Nolachuky River. While gathering maple sap in the woods, he was killed by an Indian. His will was probated in May 1780 in Washington County Tn. (then North Caroline).
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John Wood Married to Agnes and lived "tract of land containg 180 acres lying on the waters of Sycamore
Creek in Bedford" County VA and had the following children: Daughters Winifred , Milley , Reachel , Agness and sons John and Richard Henry,Elijah
Will of John Wood, 1773 - Bedford Co. VA Bedford Co., Virginia 11 Jun 1773. Probably died in Washington Co., TN where the will was probated May 1780, Will Book 1, Page 38.
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.transcript of John's will http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/bedford/wills/wood1.txt
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John Wood's Timeline
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1730
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Bedford County, Province of Virginia
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1734
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Bedford, VA, United States
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April 19, 1745
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Hardy, Bedford County, Virginia
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1751
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Bedford County, Province of Virginia
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March 29, 1754
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Augusta County, Virginia, USA
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1755
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Province of Virginia
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March 11, 1759
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Bedford County, Province of Virginia
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1760
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Bedford County, Province of Virginia
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1762
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Virginia, United States
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