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Alpha Woody¹

• Burial*: Young Family Cemetery, Excelsior, Morgan Co., MO¹
• Birth*: 5 June 1863; MO¹
• Death*: 21 September 1863; MO¹

Parents:

B. L. Patterson¹

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: TN¹
• Marriage*: Principal=Martha M. Bennett¹

Martha M. Bennett¹

• Marriage*: Principal=B. L. Patterson¹
• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: TN¹

B. L. Patterson¹

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: TN¹
• Marriage*: Principal=Martha M. Bennett¹

Martha M. Bennett¹

• Marriage*: Principal=B. L. Patterson¹
• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: TN¹

George Woody^1,2

• Note*: The basis for our research on the descendants of George and Robert Woody is a compilation done by Robert N. Grant. Robert did most of the research in Virginia, but Lillian Herrin did most of the research in Alabama. Madison Co., Alabama is one of the easiest counties in the U.S. to do online research, so we have confirmed nearly all of the compilation, adjusted a few things and added quite a bit of new research.^4,5,6,7
• Birth*: circa 1785; VA; Birth date based on George first being taxed in 1806 and the 1860 census enumeration.^1,3
• Birth: circa 1790; VA²
• Event-Misc: between 1806 and 1807; Amherst Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: George Woody taxed each year.³
• Event-Misc: 1808; Nelson Co., VA; A957. (abstract) A legislative act refering cases concerning defendants who live in Nelson County, now pending before Amherst Court, to Nelson Count instead. Among 291 others, George Woody noted.⁸
• Event-Misc: between 1809 and 1816; Nelson Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: George Woody taxed each year.⁹
• Census: 1810; Nelson Co., VA; George Woody: 0,1,1,0,0/0,0,2,0,1¹⁰
• Marriage*: 26 February 1811; Nelson Co., VA; Bond: George Woody & H. Wright. Surety: Wm McCalab. Married by: Will Wright.; Principal=Hannah Wright^2,11,12
• Event-Misc*: 21 December 1816; Nelson Co., VA; Indenture: From Elizabeth Wright, attorney for Jane Montgomery, George Woody and Hanah, his wife, heirs of Robert Wright, decd, to John Wright. $1020. 260 acres on Daviss Creek, Nelson County.⁷
• Event-Misc: 16 October 1818; Nelson Co., GA; Appointment of attorney in fact; George Woody of Wilks Co., GA, appoints friend James Montgomery, of Nelson Co., to represent him in the administration of the estate of Robert Wright, decd.⁷
• Census: 1820; Wilkes Co., GA; George Woody: 4,0,0,0,1/0,2,0,0,1¹³
• Event-Misc: 1 July 1831; Madison Co., AL; Land Patent: George Woody, 79.55 acres, Township 6-S, Range 2-E, Sec 1, W1/2NE.¹⁴
• Census*: 1840; Madison Co., AL; George Woody: 0,0,0,1,3,0,0,1/0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1¹⁵
• Death*: after 6 June 1860¹

Parents:

Hannah Wright¹

• Birth*: circa 1784; VA¹
• Marriage*: 26 February 1811; Nelson Co., VA; Bond: George Woody & H. Wright. Surety: Wm McCalab. Married by: Will Wright.; Principal=George Woody^1,3,4
• Death*: circa 1855; AL⁵

Parents:

Robert W. Woody^1,2,3,4,5

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁵
• Note*: Some of the descendants of this line can be found at RootsWeb WorldConnect: "Woody Family": keyword=:2108382
• Birth: circa 1808; VA³
• Birth*: circa 1813; VA^1,2,4,5
• Marriage*: 7 December 1853; Madison Co., VA; Principal=Manerva A. Allison¹
• Death*: 7 October 1897; R. W. Woody, age 85.⁵

Parents:

Margaret Woody^1,2,3,4,5

• Birth: circa 1822; GA¹
• Birth*: circa March 1826; GA⁵
• Birth: circa 1830; GA^2,3
• Death*: after 19 April 1910⁴

Parents:

James Woody^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: circa 1813; VA^1,2,4,3
• Marriage*: 4 January 1838; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Martha J. McCaleb^1,5
• Census*: 1840; Madison Co., AL; James Woody: 1,0,0,0,1/1,0,0,0,1⁶
• Death*: after 19 June 1880⁴

Parents:

Martha J. McCaleb^1,2

• Birth*: circa 1815; VA¹
• Marriage*: 4 January 1838; Madison Co., AL; Principal=James Woody^1,2
• Death*: before 1 June 1860^1,3

Nancy A. Woody^1,2,3,4

• Marriage*: Principal=Joseph Robertson⁴
• Birth: circa 1836; AL⁴
• Birth*: circa 1838; AL^1,2
• Birth: circa 1844; AL³
• Death*: after 20 June 1900³

Parents:

William T. Woody^1,2,3,4,5

• Birth*: circa 1840; AL^1,2,4,3
• Marriage*: 22 October 1868; Van Buren Co., AR; Principal=Eliza J. ?^4,5
• Death*: before 6 June 1900^1,6

Parents:

Mary Ellen Woody^1,2,3

• Name Variation: Ellen F. Woody⁴
• Birth*: circa 1842; AL^1,2,3
• Birth: circa 1846; AL⁴
• Death*: after 20 June 1900⁴

Parents:

Rhoda G. Woody^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: circa 1844; AL^1,2
• Marriage*: 16 December 1891; Jackson Co., AL; Principal=Martin Atchley
• Death*: after 28 April 1910¹

Parents:

George Robert Woody^1,2,3,4,5

• Event-Misc*: Never married.⁶
• Birth*: circa August 1848; AL^1,2,3,4,5
• Death*: June 1930; Madison Co., AL⁷

Parents:

Joseph Woody^1,2,3

• Birth*: circa 1849; AL^1,2
• Birth: circa 1852; AL³
• Marriage*: 13 August 1872; Madison Co., AL; Joe Woody & Lina Atchley.; Principal=Adeline Atchley⁴
• Death*: before 25 March 1888^5,6

Parents:

George Woody^1,2,3

• Note*: The evidence for three assumed children of George Woody, i.e. George Jr., Robert & William W., is circumstantial and based almost entirely on the marriages of the three men to Wrights. The parents and grandparents of Hannah, Matilda & Eliza Wright, the wives of George Jr., Robert & William W. Woody, were close neighbors of George Woody Sr. and Thomas Woody in Amherst Co., VA. Thomas Woody, bc 1775, is assumed to be the son of George because of his proven birth date & the assumed father of George, Thomas Woody.
• Note: The assumption that George Woody was the son of Thomas Woody is based almost entirely on circumstantial evidence. The 1783 Amherst Co., VA census shows that George & Thomas were close neighbors and the 1785 Amherst Co., VA census shows George & Mary Woody, the widow of Thomas, were close neighbors. In both censuses, the surrounding families were latter associated with Goerge and his sons.
• Marriage*: Principal=? ?
• Marriage*: Principal=Mary ?⁴
• Birth*: circa 1754; VA; The birth date estimate is based on George having five other people in his home in 1783. Assuming that 3/4 of these were his children, we posit that the first of these would have been born c 1774 and if George was c 20 when he married he would have been bc 1754. Since George paid tax in the first official post-revolution recorded taxation in 1782, he would have been at least 21 at this time. This would have placed his birth before 1761, so we are going to posit his birth date as 1754.³
• Event-Misc: 15 December 1779; Amherst & Buckingham Co., VA; Petition of freeholders and inhabitants of counties of Amherst and Buckingham to repeal fee for storing tobacco: Among others: George Woody, Wm Loving, Henry Wright, Jas Hopkins.⁵
• Milit-End*: circa 1782; Amherst Co., VA; Revolutionary War Veteran: "Of those who served in the Revolutionary War from Old Amherst"⁶
• Event-Misc*: between 1782 and 1797; Amherst Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: George Woody taxed each year. 2 taxables in 1795, 1796 & 1797. Nearby in 1782 were: Thomas Woody, William, Andrew, Robert & Martin Wright, William & John Loving Jr, William Banks, Abraham Seay.¹
• Census*: 1783; Amherst Co., VA; George Wooddy: 6 whites, 0 blacks. Nearby were Thomas Wooddy, David Enix, John & James Hopkins, William, Andrew, Robert & John Wright.³
• Census: 1785; Amherst Co., VA; George Wooddy: 6 whites, 0 blacks.²
• Death*: 1798; Amherst Co., VA; George Woody estate taxed.¹
• Event-Misc: between 1798 and 1802; Amherst Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: George Woody Estate taxed each year. 2 taxables in 1798, 1799, 1800 & 1801.¹

Parents:

Robert Woody^1,2

• Note*: The basis for our research on the descendants of George and Robert Woody is a compilation done by Robert N. Grant. Robert did most of the research in Virginia, but Lillian Herrin did most of the research in Alabama. Madison Co., Alabama is one of the easiest counties in the U.S. to do online research, so we have confirmed nearly all of the compilation, adjusted a few things and added quite a bit of new research.^4,5,6,7
• Birth*: circa 1799; VA^1,2
• Event-Misc*: between 1815 and 1824; Nelson Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: Robert Woody taxed each year, except 1816 & 1823.⁸
• Marriage*: 9 January 1817; Nelson Co., VA; Bond: Robert Woody & M. Wright. Surety: Thomas Fortune.; Principal=Matilda Wright^1,9,10,11
• Census: 1820; Nelson Co., VA; Robert Wooddy: 1,0,0,1/1,0,1¹²
• Event-Misc: 4 September 1820; Nelson Co., VA; Deed of Trust: From Robert Woody to Nathan Lofftus, the personal property that Andrew Wright devised to Robert's wife Matilda. $60.83.⁷
• Census: 1830; Madison Co., AL; Robert Woody: 1,2,1,0,0,1/0,1,0,0,0,1 Next to Robert was William McCaleb, the person that bonded the marriage of George Woody and Hannah Wright.¹³
• Census*: 1840; Madison Co., AL; Robert Woody: 0,1,1,2,0,0,1/0,0,1,0,0,0,1¹⁴
• Death*: before 6 June 1870¹⁵

Parents:

Matilda Wright^1,2,3

• Birth*: 22 November 1795; VA^1,4
• Birth: circa 1808; VA²
• Marriage*: 9 January 1817; Nelson Co., VA; Bond: Robert Woody & M. Wright. Surety: Thomas Fortune.; Principal=Robert Woody^1,5,6,4
• Death*: after 6 June 1870³

Parents:

Andrew Woody^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

• Burial*: Hayden Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁸
• Marriage*: Principal=? ?²
• Birth*: 8 April 1820; VA^{1,2,7,3,4,5,8}
• Marriage*: 21 March 1856; Madison Co., AL; Andrew Woodey & Martha Matherson.; Principal=Martha Matherson^2,6
• Marriage*: 18 July 1882; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Mary E. Cox^5,6
• Death*: 7 March 1912; AL; Andy Woody. Husband of Martha.^7,8

Parents:

Thomas Woody^1,2,3

• Burial*: Jenkins Cemetery, Madison Co., AL⁴
• Birth*: 1830; AL^1,2,4
• Marriage*: 28 December 1854; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Mary Amanda Brazelton^2,3
• Death*: 1864^5,4

Parents:

Elizabeth Woody^1,2,3

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa 1833; AL^1,2,3

Parents:

Jackson A. Woody^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁷
• Birth*: 14 October 1834; AL^1,2,7,4
• Milit-End*: circa 1865; Civil War Veteran; Pvt., Co. C, 43rd Alabama Infantry, CSA.⁸
• Marriage*: 18 March 1867; Madison Co., AL; Jackson Woodey & Nancy A. Stewart.; Principal=Nancy A. Stewart^7,5
• Death*: 2 March 1898; Madison Co., AL; Husband of Nancy Woody.^1,7,6

Parents:

George W. Woody^1,2,3,4,5,6

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, Madison Co., AL²
• Birth*: circa 1817; VA^1,2,3,4,5
• Marriage*: 20 September 1848; Madison Co., AL; George Woodey & S. Carolina Tayloy.; Principal=Sina Carolina Taylor^1,6
• Marriage*: circa 1864; Principal=Mary Jane Maples^4,5
• Census*: 19 June 1880; Madison Co., AL; Also in home of George Woody & family was Eliza Maples, 19, AL, step-daughter.⁵
• Will*: 21 February 1881; Madison Co., AL; Probate: Estate of George W. Woody, dec'd; (Abstract) ""the last will and testment of George W. Woody, desceased, excuted on the 21st of Feb, 1881 and signed "G. W. Woody"" (DLW Note: A copy of the will is recorded in the Madison Co, Alabama Wills 1876-1909)⁷
• Death*: 18 April 1881; Madison Co., AL; Geo. W. Woody. Age 64.^1,2
• Probate: 10 June 1881; Madison Co., AL; Probate: George W. Woody undated will (Abstract): personal estate to eldest sons & executors, J.T, J.W & W.H. Woody. Real estate, 424 acres. Youngest son, Walter. Witnesses: Jas E. Butler, F. T. Butler & Eliza Hamilton.^8,9

Parents:

Sina Carolina Taylor^1,2,3

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, Madison Co., AL⁴
• Birth*: 14 September 1825; AL^1,4,2
• Marriage*: 20 September 1848; Madison Co., AL; George Woodey & S. Carolina Tayloy.; Principal=George W. Woody^1,3
• Death*: 30 January 1861; Caroline C. Woody. Wife Of G. W. Woody.⁴

Davis C. Woody^1,2,3

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁴
• Birth*: 29 June 1849; AL^1,2,3,4
• Death*: 10 February 1876; Son of G.W. & Caroline C. Woody.^1,4

Parents:

William W. Woody^1,2,3,4

• Birth*: circa 1796; VA⁴
• Event-Misc*: between 1818 and 1820; Nelson Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: William Woody taxed each year.⁵
• Census: 1820; Nelson Co., VA; William W. Woody: 0,0,0,1.¹
• Marriage*: 26 December 1821; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Eliza Wright^4,6
• Census: 1830; Madison Co., AL; Wm. W. Woody: 2,2,0,0,0,1/0,0,0,0,1²
• Census: 1840; Itawamba Co., MS; W.W. Woody: 0,0,2,2,0,1/0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,1.³
• Census*: 18 September 1850; Monroe Co., MS; Also in home of William W. & Eliza Woody was Mary Woody, 76, VA.⁴
• Death*: after 18 September 1850⁴

Parents:

Eliza Wright^1,2

• Birth*: circa 1801; VA¹
• Marriage*: 26 December 1821; Madison Co., AL; Principal=William W. Woody^1,2
• Death*: after 18 September 1850¹

Parents:

Francis Marion Woody^1,2,3

• Death*: ¹
• Name Variation: Charles Woody⁴
• Name Variation: Charlie Woody³
• Birth*: circa 1827; AL^1,2
• Milit-Beg*: 10 February 1863; Smithville, Monroe Co., MS; Enlisted: Charles Woody; private, Co. E, 28th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers/Calvary, CSA.⁴
• Milit-End*: after 12 February 1865; MS; C. Woodey: Co. F, 28th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry. Absent since Feb 12, 1865. Residence: Bolivar Co., MS.⁴
• Marriage*: 14 February 1866; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Rhoda Gordon McCaleb^2,5

Parents:

William W. Woody^1,2,3

• Death*: Probably died in Civil War.
• Birth*: circa 1829; AL^1,2
• Marriage*: 2 February 1858; Madison Co., AL; William W. Wooddey & Margaret Jane Dilworth.; Principal=Margaret Jane Dilworth^2,3
• Milit-Beg*: 4 August 1862; Coffeeville, MS; Enlisted: William Woody/W. W. Woody. Private. Co. I, 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisan Rangers. (DLW note: In 1860, there were two W.W. Woodys in MS, one in Bolivar, the son of William W. Woody, and the other in Itawamba, the son of Moses Woody from NC. Both of these men probably were in the CSA army, but the Confederate service records may have them melded together. Neither seems to have survived until the 1870 census.)⁴

Parents:

Margaret Jane Dilworth^1,2

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa 1843; AL¹
• Marriage*: 2 February 1858; Madison Co., AL; William W. Wooddey & Margaret Jane Dilworth.; Principal=William W. Woody^1,2

Rhoda Gordon McCaleb^1,2,3

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: March 1837; AL^1,3
• Marriage*: 14 February 1866; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Francis Marion Woody^1,2

Parents:

Mary Woody¹

• Birth*: circa 1869; MS¹
• Death*: circa 1872; MS^1,2

Parents:

Francis Marion Woody¹

• Birth*: circa January 1870; MS²
• Death*: circa December 1870; MS^2,1

Parents:

Andrew Wright¹

• Birth*: 25 December 1748; VA¹
• Marriage*: 10 March 1779; Amherst Co., VA; Principal=Lucy Childress^1,3
• Death*: 25 November 1816¹

Parents:

Lucy Childress^1,2

• Birth*: 15 May 1759¹
• Marriage*: 10 March 1779; Amherst Co., VA; Principal=Andrew Wright^1,3
• Death*: 17 September 1847¹

Thomas Woody¹

• Note*: Thomas Woody was very likely the son of John Woody of Goochland and the brother of Henry Woody of Franklin & William Banks Woody of Henry Co., VA & Lincoln Co., TN. The close association of John, William, Henry & Thomas Woody with William & Elizabeth Martin Banks leads us to posit that the wife of John Woody was a sister of William Banks. That the father of William Banks was Thomas Banks adds to the circumstantial evidence that Thomas Woody was a son of Jphn.
• Marriage*: Principal=Mary ?
• Birth*: circa 1737; Birth date estimate based on George Woody (c.1757) being the assumed son of Thomas and Thomas being mentioned in an estate settlement in 1762.²
• Event-Misc: 26 July 1762; Albemarle Co., VA; Estate Administration: William Banks, decd. Administrators: Jarrott & Elizabeth Wilkerson, his wife. Estate debts paid, among others: Thomas Woody, one years hire; Henry Woody, account proved.(DLW note: Elizabeth was the widow of William Banks)²
• Event-Misc: 23 March 1772; Amherst Co., VA; Deed: Samuel Shannon to Rev. Wm Irvin. 125 acres. Branches of the Rockfish near the Blue Mts. Witness: Among others, Thos Woody.³
• Event-Misc*: 1782; Amherst Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: Thomas Woody paid tax. Nearby were George Woody, William, Andrew, Robert & Martin Wright, William & John Loving Jr, William Banks, Abraham Seay⁴
• Census*: 1783; Amherst Co., VA; Thomas Woody: 5 whites, 0 blacks.¹
• Death*: 1784; VA⁵
• Probate: June 1784; Amherst Co., VA; Probate: Robert Wright, James Wright, Charles Statham & William Bones appointed to appraise slaves and personal estate of Thomas Woody.⁵
• Probate*: 7 June 1784; Amherst Co., VA; Probate: Estate of Thom Woody. Administrative bond to Mary Woody & Wm Wright Jr.⁶

Parents:

Mary ?¹

• Marriage*: Principal=Thomas Woody
• Note*: Mary's birth date makes it very doubtful that she was the mother of George Woody.
• Burial*: Edmund's Cemetery, Barren Co., KY²
• Note: The close association of the Thomas Woody & the Wrights indicates that Mary's surname was Wright.
• Birth*: 1749; VA²
• Event-Misc*: between 1784 and 1791; Amherst Co., VA; Personal Property Tax: Mary Woody paid tax every year except 1788.³
• Census*: 1785; Amherst Co., VA; Mary Wooddy: 4 whites, 0 blacks. In the next homes were Col. John Hopkins, William Wright, George Woody and Abraham Seay.¹
• Marriage*: 16 July 1791; Amherst Co., VA; Bond: Mary Woody, widow & James Edmonds, widower. Surety: Andrew Wright.⁴
• Marriage*: 16 July 1791; Amherst Co., VA; Principal=James Edmonds
• Death*: 20 August 1824; Barren Co., KY²

Harriet Sidney Woody^1,2,3

• Marriage*: Jackson Co., AL; Principal=John H. Atchley
• Birth*: circa 1853; AL^1,2,3
• Death*: 15 January 1908; AL¹

Parents:

James Woody^1,2,3,4

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa February 1854; AL^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: 25 March 1888; Jackson Co., AL; J.W. Woody & Mrs. Alcy Woody; Principal=Adeline Atchley⁵
• Census*: 20 June 1900; Marshall Co., AL; Also in the home of James N. Woody, Feb, 1854, AL, Widowed, was John H., Oct 1876, AL & Lettie C. Woody, Oct 1880, AL, both listed as step children. Either the surname was wrong or their father was also a Woody. John H. looks like John Henry, the son of Joseph & Adeline Atchley Woody. Joseph was the brother of James N. Woody. So, it is very likely that James N. married Adeline Atchley Woody after Joseph died and Adeline died before Jun 20, 1900.³

Parents:

Martha Matherson^1,2,3,4

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, Madison Co., AL⁵
• Birth*: 28 March 1824; GA^1,5,2,3
• Marriage*: 21 March 1856; Madison Co., AL; Andrew Woodey & Martha Matherson.; Principal=Andrew Woody^1,4
• Death*: 18 October 1881; Martha Woody. Wife of Andy.⁵

Caroline Woody¹

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa 1845; AL¹

Parents:

Mary Woody¹

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: 1850; AL¹

Parents:

Elizabeth O. Woody^1,2,3,4

• Burial*: Hayden Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁵
• Birth*: 2 June 1857; AL^1,2,3,5
• Marriage*: 21 June 1880; Madison Co., AL; Principal=James W. Overton⁴
• Death*: 24 June 1937; Madison Co., AL^6,5

Parents:

Matilda Woody^1,2,3,4

• Burial*: Drake Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁴
• Birth*: circa 1858; AL^1,2,3,4
• Marriage*: 30 October 1874; Madison Co., AL; Principal=John A. Brewer⁵
• Marriage*: 29 October 1884; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Tyra Spann Drake⁵
• Death*: January 1933; Madison Co., AL^6,4

Parents:

Catherine Woody¹

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa 1844; AL¹

Parents:

Manerva A. Allison^1,2,3,4

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL⁵
• Birth*: 6 September 1836; AL^1,6,5,4,2
• Marriage*: 7 December 1853; Madison Co., VA; Principal=Robert W. Woody⁷
• Death*: 5 August 1919⁵

William Woody^1,2

• Death*: ¹
• Birth*: circa 1855; AL^1,2

Parents:

George W. Woody^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}

• Burial*: Hayden Family Cemetery, New Hope, Madison Co., AL; G. W. Woody.⁸
• Birth*: 1861; AL^{1,2,4,5,6,7,8}
• Marriage*: 31 August 1886; Madison Co., AL; Principal=Conna Ann Cobb^3,4
• Death*: 30 June 1949; Madison Co., AL; G. W. Woody husband of Conna Ann.^10,7,8

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