Wood Bouldin (1742 - 1800)

Born 4 Jun 1742 in Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Tyler) Bouldin — married 2 Apr 1777 in Charlotte County, Virginia

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1800 at age 57 in Charlotte County, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Lieutenant Wood Bouldin served with 14th Virginia Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Wood was born in 1742, in Maryland. He was the son of Thomas Bouldin and Nancy Ann Clark.

He enlisted on Nov 20, 1776, as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War^[1]. In August 1777, he was showing absent due to being sick^[2]. By November he was back in service. In that same month he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant^[3]. In July 1778, he was showing sick in Valley Forge^[4]. He returned to service quickly. In August 1778, he was sent on command on the recruiting service in Virginia^[5]. He resigned this position on November 30 ,1778^[6]. He served for 12 months between 1779-1780 as commissary. He was Lieutenant in Captain Gaines' Virginia Company starting Jan. 1781, and from Apr 1781, adjutant in Colonel Flemming's Virginia regimen, until the end of the war^[7].

Note: They incorrectly have his name on most military documents as "Wood Bolling". And, some researchers show he was a Major. None of his military records show this, and his wife's pension letter lists 'Lieutenant'.

On 3 Apr 1777^[8], he married Johanna Tyler (sister of Governor John Tyler and aunt of 10th US President John Tyler). They had 4 known children (any others are unsourced).

1. Louis Contesse Bouldin (Virginia Senate) b. abt. 1780 - d. aft. 1860 census, m. Catherine Crawley Ward
2. Thomas Tyler Bouldin (Member of Congress) b. 1781 - d. 1834, m. Ann Bickerton Nancy Lewis
3. Francina Bouldin b. 1786 - d. aft. 1860 census never married.
4. James Wood Bouldin (Member of Congress) b. 1792 - d. 1854, m1/wid. Alice Elsie Jouett, m2. Almeria Read

After the death of his father in 1783, a property division left the Golden Hills home portion to son Wood Bouldin^[9].

He continued to live in Charlotte throughout his life. It is here he passed away in 1800. and buried at the Golden Hills Estate Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23155982
2. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23155994
3. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23156013
4. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23156046
5. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23156061
6. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/23156075
7. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/10983403
8. ↑ https://www.fold3.com/image/10983335
9. ↑ https://www.vagenweb.org/charlotte/goldhill.htm

• The Old Trunk. Powhatan Bouldin
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67707303/wood_bouldin
• Summary of records at Janet Ariciu Family Bush
• https://www.fold3.com/image/23155974
• https://www.fold3.com/image/10983319/bouldin-wood-page-1-us-revolutionary-war-pensions-1800-1900
• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:669P-LF5V : Sat Oct 21 14:46:22 UTC 2023), Entry for Wood Bouldin and Joanna Tyler, 2 Apr 1777.

• Thomas Tyler Boudin (1813-1891), Family Bible. "Virginia, Historical Society Papers, 1607-2007," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21130-24002-76?cc=1932510&wc=MMBB-1WG:n947389765 : accessed 26 Oct 2013), Bible records, 1700-1900 > Box 08, Bouldin - Brannock > images 3-7 of 131.