John WOODS

HAIRSTON.org ID#49, b. about 1765
Father*Robert WOODS1,2 d. 1811
Mother*Elizabeth MIDDLETON1
Marriage*John WOODS married (surname unknown) HAWKINS in (no children).3 
Birth*John WOODS was born about 1765, Robert Hairston Bible states he was the son of Robert Woods, but does not give a birth date..4,1 
He was the son of Robert WOODS and Elizabeth MIDDLETON.1,2 
Tax Rolls*John Woods is listed on the Franklin County Tax List in 1786.5 
Occupation*John WOODS was was attorney and served in Virginia Legislature about 1792. 
Marriage*He married Agnes Anne HAIRSTON, daughter of Robert HAIRSTON and Ruth STOVALL, on 12 October 1792 in Franklin County, Virginia.6,1,7,3 
DeedA second deed on August 30, 1800, Robert Woods Senior sells to John Woods for 40 pounds a parcel of land containing 563 acres on Chestnut Creek in Franklin County. Wtnwessed by Robert Woods Jr., Robert Martin and Nathan Mason. - Franklin County Deed Book 4, page 192. FSL 7898084-500. 
Deed*On January 19, 1803, John Woods sells to Josiah Woods, for 5 shillings, a tract of land containing 100 acres. Witnessed by Robert Woods. - Franklin County Deed Book 6, page 41. FSL 7898085-437. 
Census 1810*John WOODS appeared on the census of 1810 in Franklin County, Virginia, John Wood Sr. - Males; 16-25 1, 45+ 1, Females; 16-25 1, 45+ 1. - FSL 4433404-611.8
DeedOn September 23, 1816, John Woods sells to James Bottom, for $100, two parcels of land containing 180 acres. Robert Woods, Andrew Thompson and Jehu Hate witnessed. - Franklin County Deed Book 7, page 514. FSL 7898086-275. 
Deed*In November 1816, John Woods sells to his brother Robert Woods, for $1,000, a parcel of land containing 130 acres. - Franklin County Deed Book 7, page 550. FSL 7898086-291. 
Deed*On June 14, 1828, John Woods sells to his son Robert T. Woods, for $84.50, any interest that John Woods has received from his father Robert Woods which includes furniture, 1 shotgun, 1 loom, all his live stock, 2 feather beds, cattle, etc.. - Franklin County Deed Book 12, page 242. FSL 8190423-478. 
NOTE*NOTES:
1810 Census of Franklin County lists 3 people named John Wood or Woods: 1. John Wood, males under 10 1, 16-25 1, females under 10 1, 16-25 1 (listed on same page as John Woods Sr. and Richard Woods) - 2. John Woods Sr., males 16-25 1, 45+ 1, females 45+ 1 - 3. John Woods Jr., males 16-25 1 (listed sames page as Robert Woods).

1820 Census of Franklin County lists 2 people named John Wood: 1. John Wood, males under 10 2, 26-44 1, females under 10 2, 16-25 1 (listed next to Robert Wood Jr.) - 2. John Wood, males under 10 2, 26-44 1, females under 10 3, 10-15 1, 26-44 1 (listed next to Henry Wood). These men named John Wood are too young to be the above John Woods that married Agnes Hairston. 

Family 1

(surname unknown) HAWKINS

Family 2

Agnes Anne HAIRSTON b. a 1772, d. Jan 1810
Children

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S143] Bible - Robert Hairston 1755-1844. The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments, together with the Apocrypha: Translated Out of the Originial Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised.... Philadelphia, Printed and Published by M. Carey, 1817. State Archives North Carolina 400.1.1.982.
  2. [S3417] Doran, Michael, Atlas of Virginia County Boundary Changes, 1634-1895, Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA1987., Personal Collection - printed book.
  3. [S265] Woods, Weightsill Arno, Short History of Descendants and Allied Families of Robert Woods of Ireland, W. W. Kinloch, University of Wisconsin, 1909 https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89082592569, Hathi Trust Digital Library.
  4. [S121] Will of Robert Hairston 26 May 1790, Franklin County, Virginia Will Book #1, pages 70-71. Family History Search Film #7644994, images 69-70. Inventory & Appraisel record February 1793. Will Book #1, pages 85-87, 1786-1812. Family Search Library Film #7644994, images 77-78. Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  5. [S3079] Wingfield, Marshall. Franklin County, Virginia: A History. Berryville, VA: Chesapeake Book Co, 1964. Print., Personal Collection - printed book.
  6. [S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940 https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13164, Ancestry.com.
  7. [S152] Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Virginia Marriages to 1800. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia., Ancestry.com.
  8. [S1810] 1810 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
Last Edited26 Sep 2023