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GAGenWeb Archives File Manager, Hall County Carolyn Golowka, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Submitted by Bill Stephenson, February 2001 Transcription by William L. Stephenson, Jr. Reprinted by permission granted to William L. Stephenson, Jr. by Sybil McRay to be placed in the ALGenWeb Archives, part of the USGenWeb Project. Most of Georgia's Woods came from South Carolina The Times of Gainesville, September 17, 1978 - Sybil McRay The Wood families who moved to Georgia came mostly from South Carolina; however, the families had originally settled in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, after migrating to America from England and Ireland. The families moved southward through North Carolina and South Carolina and then into Georgia. Descendants of Pennell Wood who lived in Granville County, N. C., and his son, Rev. Henry Wood of South Carolina, moved to Georgia. These descendants settled in Jackson County and then spread into Banks, Hall County, and other counties of Georgia and points to the West. A descendant living in Cedartown, Ga. wrote "Henry Wood was my great-great- grandfather. He served seven years in the Revolutionary War and was wounded in the leg, causing his knee to be stiff, and was lame the rest of his life. He fought at the Battle of Bunker Hill and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis. On Thanksgiving day in 1923, his descendants unveiled a marker to his memory at Wood's Chapel which is located out from Greer, S.C. "Inscribed on the monument is 'Rev. Henry Wood 1756-1843. He fought in the American Revolutionary War for seven years. He founded Christianity in this part of Spartanburg County, South Carolina." Rev. Henry Wood was born Dec. 7, 1856 [probably 1756]. He was married in 1777 to Susan Elizabeth Mayfield. Children of Rev. Henry and Susan E. Mayfield Wood were: 1. William Wood; 2. Lottie Wood. She married Henry Smith; 3. Charity Wood. She married William Hendricks; 4. Isham Wood, born June 3, 1799. He married Thursa Johnson; 5. Daniel Wood, born July 29, 1789. He married Mary "Polly" Dean. One son of the couple, Charles Hillard Wood, married Evelyn Tarpley Wilson and settled in Cedartown, Ga. 6. Henry Wood Jr. married Nancy Ford; 7. Mehalah Wood was married to Louis Ward. 8. John Wood was married to Margaret Jacobs. He was born Aug. 12, 1780. After the death of the first wife Margaret, John Wood was married to Nancy Gray. Five children were born to the second marriage; however the names of these five children are not known. Another family record gives names of children of Rev. Henry Wood and includes the names of Elizabeth Wood who married ---- Nash, and a son James Wood. Children of John Wood and Margaret Jacobs Wood were: (1) Billy (Wm.) Wood. (2) John Wood (3) Joshua Wood, born apr. 9, 1804, died 1833, Banks County, Ga. He was married to Stacy Wheeler, 1831, Jackson County, Ga. Stacey Wheeler Wood was born 1815, and died 1879, Banks County, Ga. Children of Joshua Wood and Stacey Wheeler Wood were: A. Enoch N. Wood, born Nov. 30, 1831, Jackson County, Ga. Died Nov. 17, 1904, Jackson County, Ga. He was buried in the Ray Cemetery in Jackson County. B. James Oliver Wood, born June 28, 1833, Jackson County, Ga. He died June 29, 1912, Jackson County and was buried in the Thomas Cemetery, Banks County, Ga. C. Mary Ann Wood, born Oct. 19, 1834, Jackson County, Ga., died Sept. 16, 1891, Banks County, Ga. and buried in the Thomas Cemetery. D. William F. Wood, born Nov. 9, 1835, Jackson County, Ga. Died before 1850. E. Asberry H. Wood, born Mar. 23, 1837, Jackson County, Ga. Died May 12, 1862. F. Virginia Adeline Wood, born May 39, 1839, Jackson County, Ga. She died Apr. 14, 1912, Baldwin County, Ga. and was buried in the Central State Hospital in Milledgeville [Ga.]. G. Louisa Wood, born May 5, 1843, Jackson County, Ga. She died Dec. 21, 1911, Banks County, Ga. She was buried in the King Cemetery, Jackson County, Ga. H. Pirenea Wood, born Jan. 9, 1841, Jackson County, Ga. She died Sept. 12, 1919, Chatham County, Ga. and was buried in Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Jenkins County, Ga. I. Rosanna Wood, born Jan. 20, 1845, Jackson County, Ga.; died Sept. 12, 1891, Banks County, Ga. She was buried in the Thomas Cemetery in Banks County but has no headstone marker. J. Simeon M. Wood, born Nov. 11, 1852, Jackson County, Ga. He died in 1910, Jackson County, Ga. and was buried in the Erastus Christian Church Cemetery in Madison County, Ga. Note: Mary Ann, Virginia Adeline, Pirenea and Rosanna Wood, daughters of Joshua and Stacey Wheeler Wood, never married. (4) Caleb Wood, son of John Wood and Margaret Jacobs, was born Apr. 9, 1804. He was a twin to Joshua. Caleb Wood was married to Elizabeth Wilson. Elizabeth Wilson Wood was born July 6, 1806, and died Feb. 29, 1896, Jackson County, Ga. Caleb and Elizabeth were both buried in the Wood Cemetery in Jackson County. Caleb and Elizabeth Wilson Wood were parents of nine children all born in Jackson County, Ga.