Zebedee Wood Sr (1745 - 1824)

Born 26 Feb 1745 in Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Carson) Braly — married 20 Dec 1764 in Morristown, Morris, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 11 Jul 1824 at age 79 in Liberty, Randolph, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Judge Zebedee Wood Sr performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

Zebedee Wood Sr is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-323840
Rank: Patriotic Service

Zebedee Wood Sr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128279.

Zebedee was born in 1745. Zebedee Wood passed away in 1824. ^{[1] [2]}

Zebedee Wood, Esq., attorney at law, "established his home in Guilford County. He was admitted to the bar and began his law practice in that county. He was a Member of the House of Commons during the Revolution, and member of the Constitutional Congress at Hillsboro in 1788, and at Fayetteville 1789. In 1787 he was appointed on a committee to form Randolph County out of Guilford and to establish a county seat. Johnsonville was chosen as the first county seat of Randolph. It was here on December 11, 1787, that Andrew Jackson appeared before the honorable judges, Zebedee Wood, John Arnold, John Lane, and Aaron Hill and procured his license to practice law." ^[3]

Will of Zebedee Wood, dated June 2, 1824, left his entire estate to his wife, Mary Wood, for her lifetime, then one tenth to each as follows: Zebedee Wood, Joseph Wood, Mary Lane, John Wood, Robert Wood, Nancy Elliott, Samuel Wood, Ibby Doake, and Sarah Kirkman, the final tenth distributed $100 per year to Mary Lane for each year of her care for Clement Wood, his oldest son, who is helpless and crippled.

Zebedee is buried at Shiloh United Methodist Church, Liberty, Randolph , NC

Sources

1. ↑ Randolph County Cemetery Records, Vol. IV, Northeast Section, Liberty Township & Providence Township, published by Randolph County Genealogical Society, Asheboro NC, 1996, page 145 (Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery), "Row &, #6, Zebedee Wood, Esq., 26 Feb 1745 - 11 Jul; 1824 in the 80th year"
2. ↑ "D. In Randolph county, on the 11th ist..... Zebedee Wood, Esq., in the 81st year of his age .... widow .... children .... Methodist Church .... RRsw Fri (sic) [Tues] 20 July 1824 3: 5./ RRw Fri 23 July 1824 1: 5. / RaNCSw Fri 23 July 1824" source: Abstracts of Vital Records From Raleigh, North Carolina Newspapers, 1820-1829, Volume II, Second Printing, compiled by Lois Smathers Neal, pub. by North Carolina Genealogical Society, Raleigh, NC, 1980, < p. 776. [RR = Raleigh Register, w = weekly edition]
3. ↑ "Willises of Virginia," pages 139-140.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #53402350
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 16 August 2020), "Record of Zebedee Wood", Ancestor # A128279.
• "North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:2:77T2-KY32?cc=1867501&wc=32LX-C6D%3A169889001%2C170837601 : 21 May 2014), Randolph > Wills, 1820-1829, Vol. 05 > image 108 of 534; county courthouses, North Carolina.

Acknowledgments

• Rick Brown, firsthand knowledge. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rick and others.

Thank you to Ann Hicks for creating Wood-8955 on 12 Oct 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Ann and others.