George Wood Sr. (abt. 1780 - aft. 1850)

Born about 1780 in Wake County, North Carolina

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Died after 1850 after about age 70 in Arkansas

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Biography

The "Bramble Bush" Volume 3 Number 2, The Quarterly Newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas, compiled by Vicki Roberts and Mysty McPherson: GEORGE WOOD Sr. b Wake Co. NC 1780 m/1 ___; m/2 MARY ___ b TN 1813. In Union Township MCAR 1840, Buffalo Fork Township MCAR 1850.

Children of George Wood 1.ELIJAH "Lize" WOOD b TN 1823 m NANCY COKER (daughter of William & Elizabeth [Hudspeth] Coker) b AR 1830. In Buffalo Fork Township MCAR 1850, Union Township MCAR 1860. Settled at Dodd City MCAR. 2. JEFFERSON WOOD b TN 1825 m LOUISA ___ b TN 1827. In White River Township MCAR 1860. 3. (CHALLENGED as as son) WILLIAM "Southfoot Bill" WOOD b TN 1828 d Comanche Co. TX m MELINDA JANE COKER (daughter of William & Elizabeth [Hudspeth] Coker) b AR 1824. Marion Co. Sheriff. In Buffalo Fork Township MCAR 1850, Union Township MCAR 1860. Moved to TX after the Civil War. 4. BENJAMIN WOOD b TN 1830 m NANCY E.___ b KY 1833. In Buffalo Fork Township MCAR 1850, Union Township MCAR 1860. 5. (daughter) WOOD b ca 1832. 6. (daughter) WOOD b ca 1834.

Children of George & Mary (___) Wood 7. SARAH WOOD b MCAR 1836. 8. ELIZABETH WOOD b MCAR 1838. 9. HANNAH WOOD b MCAR 1840. 10. TABITHA E. WOOD b MCAR 1842 11. JOHN WOOD b MCAR 1844. 12. GEORGE W. WOOD Jr. b MCAR 1849.

Research Notes

1840 Census in Union Township, Marion, Arkansas George W. Wood is living next door to his brother.... his household has; 1 male 5 to 10, 1 male 10 to 15, 1 male 50 to 60; 3 females under 5, 2 females 5 to 10, 1 female 30 to 40.

Sources

• The "Bramble Bush" Volume 3 Number 2, The Quarterly Newsletter of the Historic Genealogical Society of Marion County Arkansas, compiled by Vicki Roberts and Mysty McPherson:
• "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKB-BL4 : accessed 25 June 2020), George Wood, Wake, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 266, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
• Possibly: "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHBX-FDQ : 19 May 2020), George W Wood, Union Township, Marion, Arkansas, United States; citing p. 48, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M678-JXD : 4 April 2020), George Wood, Marion county, Marion, Arkansas, United States; citing family 180, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).