William Woods (1695 - 1758)

Born 1695 in Blair Park, County Meath, Ulster, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Drake) Woods — married 1716 in Blair Park, Ulster, Ireland

Descendants

Died 1758 at about age 63 in Augusta, Virginia

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Biography

Name : William Woods

Arrival Year : 1724

Arrival Place : Maryland

Source Publication Code : 1243

Primary Immigrant : Woods, William

Annotation:

Date and place of mention in land survey. County and name of land purchased are provided. Original records are contained in Land Office Registers, indexed starting on page vii of the introduction.

Source Bibliography^[1]

Land

Record of Land from Orange County Virginia Records:

Pages 178-83. 25-26 July 1742. Benjamin Borden of Orange County to Samll. Woods and William Woods of same. Lease and release; for £11.9.2 current money. 382 acres on waters of James River, part of 92,100 acres pattin (patented) 6 Nov. 1739... on bouth sides of Woods Creekin Augusta County... corner to Richard Woods land... corner to Joseph Lapsly's land... side of a small branch. (signed) Benja. Borden. Wit: Richard Woods, Joseph Lapesly, Gilbert Campbell. 26 Aug. 1742. Acknowledged by Benjamin Borden, Gent. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 8, Dorman, pg. 75].

24 Feb 1750/51: Between Samuel Woods and William Woods of the County of Augusta and Peter Wallace of the same County, 120 acres of land lying in the fork of James River being part of William Woods land and that tract the s'd Peter Wallace now liveth. ^[2]

Records of William Woods in Augusta County, VA From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

Page 67.--22d August, 1754. John Bowyer's indemnifying bond to Archibald Alexander, with sureties James Lockhart, Andrew Hays, Wm. Woods. Alexander had given Bowyer power of attorney to act for him in signing deeds to the Borden lands. Teste: Francis Bealey (Beaty), Jas. Thomson, Daniel Harrison.

Page 28.--28th June, 1758. Peter Moser's estate settlement, by Michael Mallow, allowed 19th May, 1761--To Cathron Moser, Jno. Hopkins, Danl. Love, James McDole, Jno. Wright, Fardrick Kestor, Jacob Harper, Andrew Arewen, Powl Shaver, Eaform Love, Nickles Hofman, Edward McGary. (2nd vendue held 8th November, 1758?) To Alex. Miller, James McGill, Jno. McCoy. (3d vendue held 3d October, 1760.) Credit by Patterkole money received on Peter Moser's account. From Jno. Madison, from George Caplinger, from Henry Carr, from Captain Cartley (Keartley), Capt. Abraham Smith (patterole money), from Captain Smith, for provender; from Captain Smith, on account of Wm. Wood; from Jno. Hogleer; from Capt. Ephraim Love, for provender and paterrole (patrol) money; from Capt. Smith, patterole money. Paid Jacob Rolman, paid Daniel Smith for clorking, paid Fredk. Opp for schooling, paid Fredk. Easter for salt and store goods, paid Johnson Hill for weaving, paid John Hughes, paid Stephen Conrad, the blacksmith.

William Woods Killed by Indians in 1758 William Woods is included in the list from Chalkley's of Indian Attacks of 1755-1758 in Augusta County of settlers killed by "the enemy" (most likely Shawnee Indians being spurred on by the French) in Augusta County. Morton, Oren Frederic. A history of Pendleton County, West Virginia. (Franklin, West Virginia: O.F. Morton, c1910), Page 43.S1

A most severe blow now befell the weak settlements of Pendleton. The defense of Fort Upper Tract was intrusted to Capt. James Dunlap, who had commanded a detachment in the Big Sandy Expedition. A band of French and Indians appeared in the valley, and on April 27, 1758, they captured and burned the fort and killed 22 persons, including Dunlap himself. The names of the slain were as follows: Captain John Dunlap, Josiah Wilson, John Hutchison, Thomas Caddon, Henry McCullom, John Wright, Thomas Smith, Robert McNulty, William Elliott, Ludwig Falck and wife, Adam Little, - - - Brock, John Ramsay, William Burk, - - -Rooney, William Woods; John McCulley, Thomas Searl, James Gill, John Gay, and one person unkown.

Probate

Estate Records of William Woods Page 258.--16th August, 1758. Thomas Gregg's bond (with Samuel Semple) as administrator of Wm. Woods. Page 457.--19th August. 1766. Vendue bill recorded of Wm. Woods' estate--James Thomas. David Berry, Samuel Semple, Jeremy Harrison. Settlement of above estate, by Thos. Gregg, administrator. Paid Joseph Skidmore, Moses Semples. Credit by balance of pay received of Capt. Abraham Smith. Morton, Oren Frederic. History of Pendleton County, West Virginia (74302)S1 Thomas Gragg was probably born about 1715, in Northern Ireland. Thomas Gragg came from Ireland with his sons, Henry and William and was of Scotch ancestry.

Sources

1. ↑ COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002. Page 739
2. ↑ Samuel & William Woods to Peter Wallace-120 acres:
   "Augusta. Deed Books 1750–1752" > image 110 of of 572 FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS4H-YD72 (accessed 19 March 2024)

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