Bartholomew Thomas Wood Sr. (1758 - 1827)

Born 1758 in South Carolina

Husband of Martha Ann (Tadlock) Wood — married 20 Jul 1780 in Jonesborough, Washington, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1827 at about age 69 in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Bartholomew Wood Sr. served with South Carolina Militia during the American Revolution.

Bartholomew Wood Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A127724.

Bartholomew was born about 1760. Bartholomew Wood ... ^[1] Founder of Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1796.

Mr. Wood had a family of several sons and daughters. The names of his sons were Bartholomew, Hardin, Carter, William and Curtis, the latter the only one now living. He is a man over eighty years of age, and is a resident of the county. One of his daughters married Levi Cornelius, as already stated; another married William Roberts, and one or two were still single when the old man moved back to Tennessee, which he did some years before his death. Most of his children went with him, except Bartholomew, but after the death of their father they came back here, and many descendants are living in the county to-day, among whom is the son already mentioned (Curtis), and Dr. Wood of Hopkinsville, a son of Bartholomew Jr., and a grandson of the old pioneer.

Source: Christian and Trigg Co., Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, by William Henry Perrin, F.A. Battfy Publishing Co., 1884. Pages 191-193. (Biography of Bartholomew Wood)

The following was taken from County of Christian, Kentucky, edited by William Henry Perrin, 1884.

"The first settler upon the site of Hopkinsville was Bartholomew Wood, more familiarly known among his friends and acquaintances as "Bat" Wood. Just when he came to Christian County, no one knows; why he came, perhaps he did not know himself. It is related of his settlement, that when on his way to Kentucky, with no definite point in view, he was so favorably impressed with the abundance of game in this locality, that he stopped and built himself a cabin. He figured conspicuously in the early history of Hopkinsville and of Christian County, and at one time owned a vast amount of land around the embryo city. He was a man of strong, practical common sense, but rather deficient in book learning; a rough diamond and marvelously adapted to the period in which he lived. In his buckskin hunting shirt and leather breeches, he hunted and trapped a great deal and enjoyed himself as only a hunter could. He belonged to that sturdy class of pioneers whose iron frames had been hardened by exposure, whose muscles were toughened by exercise and toil, and whose bodies seemed invulnerable to disease and pain. The wilderness, with its wild beasts and savages, was their element. They sported with danger, and if need be, met death with fortitude and composure. To such men, Kentucky in a measure owes her present glory and greatness. Bartholomew Wood was originally from North Carolina, and immigrated to Tennessee soon after the Revolutionary War. Some years later and prior to the close of the 18th century, he came to Kentucky, but in what year is not known. He was here when the county was organized in 1797 and donated five acres of land for public buildings. He entered a great deal of land in his own name and in the names of his children. He moved back to Tennessee, which he did some year before his death. Most of his children went with him, but after the death of their father, they came back here, and many descendants are living in the county today. The original cabin of Mr. Wood stood near the corner of the present Nashville and Virginia Streets."

Bartholomew and Mary Ann Wood were the great, great, great grandparents of Warren Winfield McClellan (1850-1893), John William McClellan (1852-1875), James Caldwell McClellan (1854-1855), Robert Washington McClellan (1855-1923, Althea Medora McClellan (1857-1944), Elizabeth Ann McClellan (1859-1936), Joseph Davis McClellan (1862-1868), Marcus Alvin McClellan (1864-1954), Mary Eveline McClellan (1868-1962) and Elijah Shanklin McClellan (1871-1968). This line goes back through their mother, Lavinia Frances Shanklin McClellan (1830-1873) who was the first wife of William Beavers McClellan (1823-1915).

Sources

1. ↑ In history attached to Find a Grave Memorial 26983346

• http://www.westernkyhistory.org/christian/bio/batwood.htm
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 February 2018), memorial page for Bartholomew Thomas “Bat” Wood, Sr (1758–26 Nov 1827), Find A Grave Memorial no. 26983346, citing Pioneer Cemetery, Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Steve Naas (contributor 46985974) .
• Source: County of Christian, Kentucky, edited by William Henry Perrin, 1884.
• Source: Christian and Trigg Co., Kentucky, Historical and Biographical, by William Henry Perrin, F.A. Battfy Publishing Co., 1884.

Pages 191-193. (Biography of Bartholomew Wood)

• http://www.westernkyhistory.org/christian/bio/batwood.htm
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26983346/bartholomew-thomas-wood