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