Wood County WV Archives Biographies.....Wood, James 1750 - 1813
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Source: History Of West Virginia In Two Parts
Author: Virgil A. Lewis

James Wood.—The county was named in honor of James Wood, the son of Colonel
James Wood, the founder of Winchester, Virginia; he was born about the year
1750, in Frederick county, which he represented in the Virginia Convention of
1776, which framed the State Constitution. He was appointed by that body,
November 15, 1776, a colonel in the Virginia line and did valiant service in the
cause of Freedom. He was long a member of the Council of State, and by
seniority, Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia. He was elected Governor of the
State, December 1, 1796. and served until December 1, 1799. Governor Wood was
subsequently commissioned Brigadier-General in the United States Military, and
served long as President of the Order of Cincinnati. He died at Richmond, June
16, 1813.

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