Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of WILLIAM S. WOODS

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WILLIAM S. WOODS belongs to a family of the early settlers of the state, 
and is the grandson of a revolutionary soldier, Samuel Woods, who came to 
Georgia in the later part of the last century, and settled in what is now 
Morgan county, where he engaged in trade, and where, in 1817, his son 
William was born. In 1836, he came to Coweta county and after marriage, 
settled on the farm still owned by his son, who occupies the same log 
house. The wife of William Woods was a daughter of Stephen and Jane 
(Davis) Woods, who were pioneers of the county of Coweta, the father also 
having served in the war of 1812. William S. Woods was born on this farm 
in May, 1845, and here grew to manhood, with the scanty school privileges 
of that period. In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Thirty-fourth Georgia 
regiment, under Capt. Rollings, and served throughout the war; the young 
man was in many important battles: Missionary Ridge, Tunnel Hill, 
Chickamauga, New Hope, Resaca, and all the way with Gen. Johnston to 
Atlanta, in which fight he also took part. He returned to his farm in 
Coweta county at the close of the war, where he has ever since remained. 
He at first began farming on shares, having no means of his own, but he 
devoted himself to his work with a zeal that must needs win success, 
and he is now quite prosperous, owning some 600 acres of good land in 
excellent condition, and stands well in the estimation of all who know 
him. 

In 1871, Mr. Woods was married to Miss Eliza Pittman, daughter of Isaac 
H. and Mary (Waites) Pittman. By this union he had three children: Ola, 
William and Laudon. Their mother was born in Heard county, in December, 
1844, and died in 1883. She was a faithful and conscientious member of 
the Baptist church. In 1884, Mr. Woods married Miss Martha J. Cleveland, 
who was born in Troup county, Ga., in 1847. Of their three children two 
are living: Samuel and Nancy E. Mrs. Woods is a member of the M. E. 
church. Mr. Woods is a Baptist, he and his first wife being charter 
members of the first church in Corinth, Heard Co., Ga.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.