according to CD - Ohio Marriages to 1850 citing FHL microfilm # 0568594
1820
Paint Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States
Residing in the household was a female under the age of 10. At the time Solomon and Phebe had no known children. It is possible they had a daughter who died young and has not appeared on any record. Joel Wood, Solomon's father, lived next to them.[4]
Event
Buy Land
Mar 1822
Anderson's Fork, Greene, Ohio, United States
62 acres adjacent to Abner Copeland from George Rumbaugh for $295[5]
Buy Land
1824
Sangamon, Illinois, United States
filed land claim
Sell Land
27 Aug 1825
Anderson's Fork, Greene, Ohio, United States
62 acres to Edward Powers for $250 in preparation for the move to Illinois[6]
Buy Land
19 May 1826
Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States
80 acres from the US Government in Section 6, W 1/2 SW[7]
Corwin Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
Solomon and Phebe purchased 80 acres in the east half of the east half of the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 19 North, Range 4 West, and it is probable they lived on this tract immediately east of what is now Lucas Chapel Cemetery. At some point he bought the land that is Lucas Chapel Cemetery because in 1842 he sold it to Berryman Baughan.[9]
Settled
Bef 1828
Rocky Ford, Sangamon, Illinois, United States
along with Joseph Lucas and Berryman Baughan, his close friend and husband of his sister-in-law Jane Lucas
Buy Land
1 Dec 1830
Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States
150 acres in Section 6, W 1/2 SW. Also owning land in Section 6 were James Cheney, Matthew V. Fowler, William Glenn, Elijah Lucas, Michael Mann, Jeremiah Suiter and John Wright.[10][11]
BuyLand
18 Mar 1837
Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States
74 acres in the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, Section 6, Township 19N. Elijah Lucas and Solomon Wood owned the land " as tenants in common and not as joint tenants."[12]
Buy Land
1 Nov 1839
Broadwell, Logan, Illinois, United States
80 acres in the west half of the northeast quarter of section 12, township 19 north, range 4 west. It says Sangamon County.[13]
Religion
members of the Regular Baptist Church of Indian Run when it was formed from the Caesars Creek Baptist Church[14]
1822
Anderson's Fork of Caesars Creek, Greene, Ohio, United States
Rhoda Turman, widow of Moses Hoffman and of Richard Winn
Death
18 April 1848
Burial
Lucas Chapel Cemetery, Corwin Township, Logan, Illinois, United States
Probate
20 Dec 1848
Logan, Illinois, United States
Rhoda Wood, Administrator. On April 23, 1849, the widow deeded all interest in Solomon Wood's land to his heirs and they in turn deeded all interest in her premarital property to her. John Lucas signed as guardian of Joel, Berryman, Lucinda, Rebecca and Solomon. By 1858 Ezekiel Bowman was guardian of Solomon and Rebecca and executor of the Wood estate.
Sources
↑ Source: #S205 Page: Wood-Miller Ancestral Line, p. 4
↑ Source: #S367 Page: Certificate 8980, Springfield Office, Illinois
↑ Source: #S367 Page: Certificate 14231, Springfield Office
↑ Source: #S205 Page: Lucas Ancestral Line, Part I, p. 19
↑ Source: #S205 Page: Wood-Miller Ancestral Line, p. 6
Source: S205 Media: Book Abbreviation: Vallentine Title: Ancestral Families of Emily Catherine Wood (Pack), Record Type: manuscript, Subject: Ancestors of Sarah Katherine Lucas and Berryman B. Wood Author: Vallentine, John Publication: privately printed, Springville, UT, May 15, 1995
Source: S275 Abbreviation: Wood-Lucas Marriage Title: Solomon Wood and Phebe Lucas Marriage, Record Type: marriage entry, Location: Clinton County, Ohio
Source: S367 Abbreviation: BLM Title: General Land Office Records, Subject: Land Patents, Url: http://www.glorecords.blm.gov Author: Bureau of Land Management Publication: Washington, DC, 2000
Source: S459 Media: Book Abbreviation: Sangamon Voters Title: Snow Birds - Polls Books of Sangamon County 1821-1830 Author: Sangamon County Genealogical Society Publication: Springfield, Illinois, Sangamon County Genealogical Society 1983 Note: Currently available from Decatur Genealogical Society.
Source: S89 Abbreviation: Wood Bible Title: The Magazine of History and Biography: A Very Old Family Bible, Volume: No. 8 Author: Nelle Hornbeck Gaertner Publication: Randolph County Historical Society, Elkins, West Virginia, 1936
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Cheryl Rothwell for creating WikiTree profile Wood-6820 through the import of Ancestors of Ethel Ryan.ged on Jan 20, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Solomon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Solomon: