Blake Baker Woodson (1770 - abt. 1833)

Born 1770 in Cumberland Co., VA.

Ancestors

Husband of Judith Beckwith (Neale) Woodson — married 4 Nov 1830 in Harrison County WV

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Biography

Blake was born in 1770. He is the son of Miller Woodson and Mary Degraffenried. He owned a large plantation in Prince Edward and Cumberland Counties, Virginia, which he afterward sold to Creed Taylor, who established there his estate of "Needham."

Baker-53780 Info from Woodsons and Connections: Named Baker in honor of his maternal grandmother, Mary Baker. He owned a large plantation near the High Bridge, a few miles from Farmville, Virginia, part of it lying in Prince Edward and part in Cumberland county. He also owned a large number of slaves. His fine old residence was destroyed by fire and shortly afterwards his wife died.
He sold his plantation to his brother-in-law, Judge Creed Taylor, and with his children, moved to Clarksburg, Virginia.(Now in Harrison Co., WV) While living there he met and married, second, the widow, Mrs. Julia Neale Jackson, who was the mother of Stonewall Jackson, one of the generals of the Confederate States army; and one of the greatest military men of the nineteenth century. After his marriage with Mrs. Jackson, he moved to Fayette Courthouse, Fayette Co., West Virginia, and served several years as clerk of that county, and died there at a ripe old age.

Cumberland Co., Virginia Deed - 1795: Miller Woodson to Blake B. Woodson; 191 acres on Badluck creek in Cumberland Co. Mar. 1795.

Sources

• History Of The deGraffenried Family From 1191 A.D. To 1925 Thomas P. deGraffenried Published By The Author 1925

Henry Morton Woodson, Woodsons and Their Connections (1915, Nashville, Tenn.)

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH25-RXC : accessed 15 August 2018), Blake B Woodson, Cumberland, Cumberland, Virginia, United States; citing p. 141, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 68; FHL microfilm 181,428.

Citing this Record "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLC-QNY : accessed 15 August 2018), Blake B Woodson, Cumberland, Virginia, United States; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 130; FHL microfilm 193,689.

Citing this Record United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q292-3L9D : 12 March 2018), Blake B Woodson, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 232; FHL microfilm 882,750.