William Woods

1706 - 1782  (~ 77 years)

• Name	William Woods  [1]
  Born	Between 1705 and 1706	Dunshaughlin Castle - Dunshaughlin, Meath, Leinster, Ireland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1782	Greenbrier County, Virginia   [3]
  	Where he died is now in West Virginia.
  Will	16 Apr 1782	Greenbrier County, Virginia   [3]
  	Probated in Greenbrier Co., VA
  Person ID	I10504	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2011

  
  

  Father	Michael Woods,   b. Abt 1685, Dunshaughlin Castle - Dunshaughlin, Meath, Leinster, Ireland ,   d. 1762, Wood's Gap, Albemarle County, Virginia  (Age ~ 77 years)
  Mother	Lady Mary Campbell,   b. 2 Jun 1690, Argylshire, Scotland, UK ,   d. Abt 1765, Albemarle County, Virgina  (Age 74 years)
  Married	Between 1704 and 1705	Ireland
  Family ID	F4520	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Wallace,   b. Abt 1708, Ireland ,   d. Unknown, Greenbrier County, Virginia
  Alt. Marriage	Abt 1732	Unites States of America
  Married	1741	Unites States of America
  Children	1. John Woods,   d. Unknown   2. Archibald Woods, Sr.,   d. Unknown   3. William Woods, Jr.,   d. Unknown   4. Susan Woods,   d. Unknown   5. Elizabeth Woods,   d. Unknown   6. Adam C. Woods,   b. 1740,   d. Unknown   7. Peter Woods,   b. 20 Mar 1763, Greenbrier County, Virginia ,   d. 24 Sep 1825, Cooper County, Missouri  (Age 62 years)   8. Mary Woods,   b. 1743,   d. Between 1805 and 1815, Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky  (Age 62 years)   9. Michael Woods,   b. 1746,   d. Unknown   10. Andrew Woods,   b. 1747,   d. Unknown   11. Sarah Woods,   b. 1751,   d. Unknown   12. Hannah Woods,   b. 1753, Albemarle County, Virgina ,   d. 1814, Madison County, Kentucky  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	4 May 2006
  Family ID	F4518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Between 1705 and 1706 - Dunshaughlin Castle - Dunshaughlin, Meath, Leinster, Ireland Alt. Marriage - Abt 1732 - Unites States of America Married - 1741 - Unites States of America  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Woods was the eldest son of Michael Woods and Mary Campbell. After receiving a liberal education, he entered the army as an ensign in an Irish regiment.  He came with his father and lived for a time in what is now Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and remained there until the Woods and Wallaces, settled in about 1732-1734, in that part of Augusta County, VA, which was included in Botetourt Co., VA, created in 1769, and in Fincastle Co., organized in 1772, and later included in Greenbrier Co., VA which became part of West Virginia. He died in 1782, and his will was probated in Greenbrier Co. on 16 April 1782.  (see Will Book I, page 4) He took an active part in the colonial wars, including the French and Indian Wars, and attained the rank of Colonel, in which rank he served during the Revolutionary War.  (According to George Selden Wallace in his book "Wallace")  The "Woods McAfee Memorial says that "the official records for the colony for the year 1758 show that he had been a lieutenant in the Albemarle militia."  There is a facsimile copy of his receipt, given July 15, 1767, which indicates that in that year he was living in Albemarle County.  Mr. Wallace also says that William Woods received military grants for land in Greenbrier Co., VA, Madison Co., KY, and some in Scioto Co., OH.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Jennings - Davidson, Lillie Pauline White, (1944), p. 141 (Reliability: 3). [S18] Jennings - Davidson, Lillie Pauline White, (1944), p. 228 (Reliability: 3). [S18] Jennings - Davidson, Lillie Pauline White, (1944), p. 229 (Reliability: 3).