Samuel Woods II (1740 - 1821)

Born 1740 in Pennsylvania

Husband of Elizabeth (Patton) Woods — married before 1766 in Rowan, Province of North Carolina [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1821 at about age 81 in Gainesville, Hall, Georgia, United States

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This Samuel Woods is confused with Captain Samuel Woods II Woods-262, who was born the same year and also fought in the Revolutionary War, but is in fact a different person. This one married Elizabeth Patton (not Margaret Holmes) and is buried in Georgia.

Biography

Samuel Woods II was born circa 1740 in Pennsylvania.

He married Elizabeth Patton, sister of William Patton. In 1793 brothers-in-law Samuel and William received a joint land grant of 580 acres in Franklin County, Georgia, for service in the Revolutionary War. In 1813, William sold his half-interest in the land (then situated in Jackson County) to Samuel. The land became part of Hall County when Hall was created in 1820. Samuel Woods willed the land to his son Robert; Robert sold it to Jacob Eberhart in 1823.

Samuel died in 1821 and was buried at Eberhart Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall Co., Georgia.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 15 March 2018), memorial page for Samuel “Grampa” Woods, II (1740–1821), Find A Grave: Memorial #88620191, citing Eberhart Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Ellen Hamby (contributor 47535781)

Research Notes

1. Eberhart Cemetery: This cemetery, originally known as "Samuel Woods, II, Graveyard", is thought to contain approximately 70 graves. Of the graves that have dates, the earliest date of death is 1823 and the latest is 1943; approximately half of the graves do not have dates on their markers. The cemetery has suffered serious damage from the elements and from vandals.- Ann Kennedy Patton, Findagrave contributor #48069415
2. A list of graves (from a 1931 survey) and a layout of the cemetery are available at USGenNet.org/USA/GA/County/Hall.
3. Other possible birth location: Albemarle, Virginia
4. Other possible death location: Botetourt, Virginia
5. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 January 2018, 21:07), entry for Samuel Woods II(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LYDG-FXD); contributed by various users.
6. "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 September 2017, 02:14), entry for Captain Samuel Woods II (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L2QR-N6M); contributed by various users.