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John Woodson

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Four Mile Creek, Henrico County, VA
Death: before August 26, 1798
Cumberland County, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Woodson and Rebecca Woodson
Husband of Elizabeth Woodson
Father of Drucilla Walker; John Woodson; Anderson Woodson and Martha ‘Pattie’ Ganaway
Brother of James Woodson, Sr.; Benjamin Woodson; Elizabeth Mims; Mary "Polly" Layne; Lewis Woodson and 2 others

Managed by: Terry Hubert Brown
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About John Woodson

Not the same as John Woodson, Sr.



A Patriot of the American Revolution for Virginia. DAR Ancestor # A131313


184. John Woodson 1, 2, 3 (Robert , Benjamin Lewis , Robert , John ) was born 4 about 1730 in Henrico Co., VA. He died 5 on 26 Sep 1798 in Cumberland Co., VA.

John married 2 Elizabeth 1 about 1747 in Cumberland, Cumberland Co., VA.

Vol. X., p. 191 : It appears that 74 John 5 Woodson, son of 63 Robert* Woodson and Rebecca Pryor, married, in Cumberland county, Elizabeth Anderson, and had issue:

  • (1) John,
  • (2) Anderson,
  • (3) Martha, married John Ganaway in 1773 (marriage bond),
  • (4) Drusilla Watkins.

Will proved 26th August, 1798

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John Woodson's Timeline

1730
1730
Four Mile Creek, Henrico County, VA
1748
1748
Goochland County, Virginia, Colonial America
1749
1749
Cumberland, Virginia, USA
1751
1751
Cumberland County, Virginia
1753
1753
Cumberland, Virginia, USA
1798
August 26, 1798
Age 68
Cumberland County, Virginia, United States