Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Johnson
and Rhoda (Durham) Johnson
Wife of
William Jackson Wood
— married
about 1825 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Benjamin Berry Wood
Died
at age 79
in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Apr 2016
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Biography
This profile is part of the Johnson Name Study.
Mahala was born to Jack Johnson and Rhoda Durham on April 25, 1801, in Spartanburg District, South Carolina. She married William Jackson Wood on April 3, 1823. She passed on October 27, 1880.
Sources
- Title: 1850 United States Federal Census. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Year: 1850; Census Place: Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: M432_858; Page: 135B; Image: 276. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q2-ZWN database with images, FamilySearch, Mahala Wood in household of B J Wood, Spartanburg county, part of, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing family 717, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- Title: 1860 United States Federal Census. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Year: 1860; Census Place: Southern Division, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: M653_1226; Page: 368; Family History Library Film: 805226. FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT6-B35
- Title: 1870 United States Federal Census. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Year: 1870; Census Place: Beech Springs, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1508; Page: 311B; Image: 344741; Family History Library Film: 553007. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RT-B9G
- Title: 1880 United States Federal Census. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Year: 1880; Census Place: Reidsville, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: 1240; Family History Film: 1255240; Page: 296A; Enumeration District: 146. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SB-M12
- Our Time in History: This Wood Family Contains many Spartanburg South Carolina Families, Very well sourced.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mahala by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mahala:
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~1.56%
~4.69%
Mary Beggs 
:
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T223449 [compare], FTDNA kit #567294
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~1.56%
Perry Westmoreland :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T406871 [compare], FTDNA kit #637083
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~1.56%
Kenneth Foster :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch TC4677704 [compare], FTDNA kit #593928
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