Richard Wood (1769 - 1859)

Born 1769 in Bedford, Bedford (Independent City), Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Cockram) Wood — married 1797 in Franklin, Virginia, United States

Husband of Nancy (Brammer) Wood — married 9 Sep 1823 in Montgomery, Virginia, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Dehart) Wood — married 1831 (to 26 Oct 1838) in Patrick Co., Virginia

Husband of Lucinda (Via) Wood — married 25 Dec 1839 (to Aug 1855) in Floyd Co VA

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1859 at about age 90 in Patrick, Virginia

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Biography

Richard Wood ... He passed away in 1859. he is Buried in a Cemetery in Floyd Co VA surrounded by his four wives, he was a farmer and a trader in Woods Gap VA now Blairs Park in Pulaski Co along the Indian trail which was a route used by rival tribes to raid one another, his birth record has yet to be found and confirmed but he is definitely part of this pedigree. A long sought after mystery to many family trees as to his parents and orgin. It appears his death record recorded by his son list his older brother and sister as his parents, which is because Richard's son had no idea about his grandparents, Richard may have had no known recollection of his father John who was a frontiersman and indian fighter and was killed when he was 7 years old. Sometime between his father's death and reappearing in Bedford VA orphan records at age 15 His mother, Agnes, relocated to what is now Tennessee during it's settling of the whiteman. She was also killed by indians, Richard Wood settled in Woods Gap but has no relation to the area this is where he had 4 wives and sired many family trees of Wood/s in that area. Many confusions arose over the years by his land deed witnessed by John Woods (unrelated) and by John Woods' son also named Richard. Many genelogies contribute the John and Micheal Woods of Scottish Irish Woods' as his lineage due to copy and paste ancestry.com trees taken from records referencing back to Neander Woods' book which most believed to be correct even my Grandmother followed that theory, both John's were in Lord Dunmore's War and fought at the battle of Pleasant Creek. But in different regiments. We now have access to better data to separate the two as well as my DNA debunks that ,and even though both lines can be connected it is quite distant. Richard's father John is from the Peaks of Otter Wood family as the fist settlers of that area they came from New Jersey via England.

Family Links

Parents:

• John Wood
• Agnes (Griffith) Wood born in Bath County VA. (Find a grave lists "Nelly" that is incorrect. Nelly is a presumption made from another John Woods' wife often confused with our John Wood.)

Spouses:

• Rachel Cockram Wood (____ - 1823)
• Fannie Brammer Wood (____ - 1830)
• Elizabeth Dehart Wood (____ - 1838)
• Lucy Via Wood (1820 - 1851)

Some Known Children:

• Henry Wood (1798 - 1883)
• Jeremiah Wood (1801 - 1893)
• Alexander D. Wood (1803 - 1888)
• Peter Wood (1808 - 1897)
• Edward Wood (1810 - 1860)
• German Wood (1815 - 1893)
• Andrew Jackson Wood (1833 - 1862)

His four sucessive wives, who all predeceased him: Rachel Cockram, Fannie Brammer, Elizabeth DeHart and Lucendia Via. A forward looking man, Dickey arranged their graves so he would have a wife on either side, on at his head and one at his feet. He and wives 1,3 and 4 were the parents of at least 17 children

Richard was born in 1769. He passed away in 1859. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Bunny Fuentz.

• Find A Grave Memorial # 10603646
• Notes found in my Grandmother's Bible(There are multiple Profile Managers and contributing ancestors, who does "my Grandmother" refer to?)
• Richard's Death Record on usgwArchives.net
• Will of John Wood's of Bedford County, matching Richard and his siblings from usgwArchives.net
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, Family Search  : accessed 2014-10-17, entry for Jeremiah Gabriel Wood.
• Living with his son Edmond's family In the Patrick County 1860 census. Which is probably second hand information from a neighbor of Edward's(His son Edward died in 1860 before the Census. Richard was not listed in the household of Edwards widow Nancy. Richard died in 1859. What is this source note refering to???)

See also:

• Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912," database, FamilySearch ([1] : 12 December 2014), Richd. Wood in entry for Edward Wood, (his son) 12 May 1860; citing Patrick Co., Virginia, reference cn 9; FHL microfilm 2,048,578.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Daivd Barnhardt for creating WikiTree profile Wood-7403 through the import of 3-4-2013.GED on Mar 4, 2013.

• WikiTree profile Wood-6358 created through the import of garn.ged on Oct 25, 2012 by Dan Garnitz. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dan and others.