Polly (Norton) Wood (abt. 1799)

Born about 1799 in Knox Tennessee, USA [uncertain]

Wife of William Obediah Wood — married about 1819 in Knox, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Polly was born about 1799. Polly Norton was William Obediah Wood’s last wife; this marriage was in 1819 in Knox, Tennessee. An Indian Rites Ceremony was performed with no marriage license recorded. This third and last marriage blessed him with three daughters who were all in their teens when their mother (Polly) was killed by a fallen tree limb in 1837. Obediah and his three daughters then moved to Marion County Arkansas to be near three of his sons in Marion County and one nearby in Missouri. This move is documented by his Sept 27, 1837 application to transfer his Revolutionary War Pension to Arkansas. ^[1]

Children

Children of William Obediah "Revolutionary Bill" & Polly (Norton) Wood ^[2]

1) CHARITY WOOD b TN ca 1820 d MCAR April 1901 m JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (son of Matthew & Pryscilla Catherine "Katy" [Wolf] Adams) b KY ca 1818 d MCAR/MO 1863 probably killed by jayhawkers. In Union Township MCAR 1850. Children (surname Adams): Caroline Marian "Nancy;" Angelina W. "Annie;" Catherine; Michael J.; Sarah Jane; Margaret Agnes "Aggie;" John Quincy Jr.; Mary Frances; Agnes; Matthew "Bud;" Tempy Ann; Salitha Jane; William Madison; Isabelle Jane "Belle;" prob Winnie; prob Robert.

2) WINNIE WOOD b MCAR 1824 m MICHAEL "Mike" MATHIS b TN 1815/8. In Union Township MCAR 1840, 1850. Children (surname Mathis): Mary Ann; Dianah Jane; Winnie "Sis;" Henry C; Catherine "Sis;" Michael "Mike" Jr.; Cyrene (twin); Adrine (twin); William; Armina; Thomas.

3) MARY "Polly" WOOD b MCAR 1826 m WILLIAM C. BRASHEARS. In Union Township MCAR 1840.

Sources

1. ↑ The Mountain Echo, 13 November 1997, page 1
2. ↑ Excerpt from:"W I L L I A M O B E D I A H "Revolutionary Bill" W O O D H I S C H I L D R E N A N D H I S G R A N D C H I L D R E N "Compiled by Vicki Roberts and Mysty McPherson) and published in "Bramble Bush" The Quarterly Newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas Volume 3 Number 2 [1]

• Articles written about Obediah Wood by historian W.R. Jones and republished in the Mountain Echo Newspaper July 25, 1929 , Marion County, Arkansas and the Mountain Echo, 13 November 1997, page 1.

• Inaccuracies have been found in the "Genealogies of Families of Marion County 1811-1900. Vicki Roberts & Mysty McPherson. 1997", especially concerning the wives of "Revolutionary William" and "Dancin Bill" published in "Bramble Bush" The Quarterly Newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas Volume 3 Number 2 [2]

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPM-FH8 : 16 December 2021), Obadiah Wood, Anderson, Tennessee, United States; citing , NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm . (The only female Polly's age is listed as a slave.)

Acknowledgments

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