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Estate of Nancy Wood

#2772, Spartanburg County Estate Papers, SP94

 

South Carolina

Spartanburg District

To the ordinary of said District.

The humble petition of James Wood sheweth:

That his mother Nancy Wood, late of said District departed this life on the 18th of September last leaving a personal estate subject to distribution among the following legatees to wit: Lucinda Littlejohn, the wife of Wm Littlejohn Sr., Jas Wood, your orator, the minor children of David L. Wood, dec’d, Wm. L. Wood, Caroline M. Draper, wife of Dan’l Draper, John H. L. Wood & G. T. Wood within this State except the heirs of David L. Wood dec’d & Dan’l D. Draper & wife Caroline.

Your petitioner therefore prays for letters of administration on said estate and as is duty bound he will ever pray, &c.

Nov. 11 1857

James Wood

 

South Carolina

Spartanburg District.

To the Ordinary of said District

 

The Humble petition of James Wood Adm’r of Nancy Wood dec’d respectfully sheweth:

That he is now ready to make a settlement of the estate & prays that the parties in interest may be cited before your Court & final settlement & decree made & your petitioner released from further liability on account of the same.

And as is duty bound &c

James Wood

 

[The following newspaper clipping is attached to the previous document]

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SPARTANBURG DISTRICT

IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY

Jas. Wood, Adm’r appl’t vs. Daniel D. Draper and wife and others, defendants.

Petition for Settlement and Decree.

 

It appearing to my satisfaction that Daniel D. Draper, and wife Caroline M., and the heirs at law of David L. Wood, dec’d, names not known, reside beyond the limits of this State.

It is therefore ordered and decreed, That they appear at the Court of Ordinary, to be holden for Spartanburg District, at Spartanburg Court House, on the 27th day of February next, to show cause, if any exists, why a final settlement and decree of the estate of Nancy Wood, dec’d, should not be made, or their consent to the same will be entered of record.

Given under my hand and seal of office, this the 26th day of November, A. D. 1859

 

History of Spartanburg County, J. B. O. Landrum, 1900, Pages 369 -371

THE WOOD FAMILY.

In our efforts to gain some information concerning the Wood family we find among the same a prevailing tradition that two brothers emigrated from Virginia to South Carolina before the Revolution, and during that struggle for American independence both entered the service of their country.

At the close of the Revolution they separated; one returned to Virginia and the other removed to Tennessee. The one who returned to Virginia, however, came back to South Carolina, settling in the eastern portion of the present county of Spartanburg. It is supposed that he married in Virginia, and it is not known how many children he had, but William Wood was one of his sons who lived on Pacolet, near Easterwood Shoals. He was a prominent and highly respectable citizen in his day and time, and married Miss Nancy, daughter of the elder William Lipscomb. By this marriage he had seven children as follows: Lucinda, who married Wm. Littlejohn (known as Wm. Kink); James, who married Harriet E. Wilkins; N. Lipscomb, who married Mary Austell; David, who married in Alabama; Caroline, who married Daniel Draper; John, who married Agnes Lipscomb; and Thomas, who married Addie Lipscomb.

The children of John Wood*, one of the sons mentioned, are as follows: Sallie, who married Smith Lipscomb (son of Edward Lipscomb, Sr.); Moses, who married J. Elma, daughter of G. T. Meng, Union county, S. C.; Adolphus N., who married Millie Draper; Atlanta, who married W. F. Bryant, Pacolet, S. C.; Lou H., who married R. R. Brown, Cowpens, S. C., and Miss Terisa E., single.

 

* This should be James Wood per 1850 Census

 

 

1790 Spartanburgh p. 88

Wm Wood 2 males over 16; 1 male under 16, 1 female, 2 slaves

 

1790 Spartanburgh p. 89

Wm. Wood 1 male over 16, 3 males under 16, 4 females, no slaves

 

1800 Spartanburgh p. 211

Wm Woode 3 males under 10, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10

1 female 10-15, 12 slaves

 

1810 Spartanburg p. 396

William Wood 2 males under 10, 1 male 26-44, 1 female under 10, 1 female 26 -44

 

1810 Spartanburg p. 399

William Wood 1 male 16-25, 1 female under 10, 1 female 16 -25 [possibly him with Lucinda being the female under 10]

 

1820 Spartanburg p. 266

William Wood 1 male under 10, 1 male 26-45, 4 females under 10, 2 females 10-16, 1 female 26-45 [This does not look like him]

 

1850 Spartanburg, SC, page 204

#1680 William Wood 30 SC [born 1820]

Ony 42 SC

Noah 10 SC

William 6 SC

Walter 3 SC

#1681 James Wood 38 SC [born 1812]

Harriet 32 SC

S. A. 12 (female) SC

Moses 10 SC

Adolphus 4 SC

Atlanta 3 SC

Louisa H. 1/12 SC

Phebe Joseph 1/12 SC

#1683 John Wood 25 [born 1825]

 

1850 Spartanburg, SC, page 296

Nancy Wood 65  [Birth place not shown] born 1785

Thomas 21 [Birth place not shown] born 1829

 

1850 Subdivision 29, Benton Co., AL p. 382

Daniel D. Draper 32 SC

Caroline M. 29 SC [Born 1821]

William W. 9 SC

Nancy L. 7 SC

Joshua 5 SC

James R. 2 SC

 

1850 E. C. River, Bibb Co., AL p. 50

David L. Wood 35 SC [born 1815]

Mary J. 24 AL

Wm. C. 5 AL

Sarah L. 3 AL

Ambrose R. 1 AL

 

 
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