Jessie P WOOD

1837 - 1911  (74 years)

• Name	Jessie P WOOD  [1]
  Birth	14 Mar 1837	Jackson County, GA   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Jesse P Wood  [3]
  Military	CSA: Company G, 13th Georgia Cavalry (16th Battalion Georgia Cavalry)in Jefferson, Jackson County, GA  [4, 5]
  Death	10 May 1911	Jackson County, GA   [3]
  Burial	Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Jackson County, GA   [3]
  Person ID	I1023	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Caleb WOOD,   b. 9 Apr 1804, Spartanburg County, SC d. 16 Oct 1864, Jackson County, GA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth WILSON,   b. 6 Jul 1806, Georgia d. 29 Feb 1896, Jackson County, GA (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F454	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Macy Eveline WILBANKS,   b. 2 Apr 1847, Jackson County, GA d. 19 Jun 1915, Jackson County, GA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	13 Aug 1866	Jackson County, GA
  Children	1. (UNK) WOOD,   b. Jackson County, GA  [Father: natural]   2. Robert D WOOD,   b. 22 Jun 1867, Jackson County, GA d. 22 Oct 1869, Jackson County, GA (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Leila WOOD,   b. Abt 1869, Jackson County, GA  [Father: natural]   4. Cary D WOOD,   b. 8 May 1873, Jackson County, GA d. 15 Mar 1920, Jackson County, GA (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Fannie WOOD,   b. 11 Jun 1875, Jackson County, GA d. 7 Jun 1888, Jackson County, GA (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Tonnie WOOD,   b. Abt 1876, Jackson County, GA  [Father: natural]   7. (infant) WOOD,   b. 1878, Jackson County, GA d. 1878, Jackson County, GA (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Calvin WOOD,   b. Abt 1888, Jackson County, GA  [Father: natural]   9. Jessie WOOD,   b. Abt 1890, Jackson County, GA bur. Grey Hill Cemetery, Commerce, Jackson County, GA  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F572	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone: Jessie P. Wood (1837-1911) and Macy Evaline Wilbanks (1847-1915)

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 74 years, 2 months, 6 days. ----------------------------- Wood, Jesse P.—March 14, 1837—May 10, 1911: C.S.A. Has old style Military Monument. Served in Co. 0,16th GA. Cavalry, C.S.A. Tombstone listing. Broadfoot's "Roster of Confederate Soldiers Index", lists him in the muster rolls of Co. G, and E of the 13th GA. Cavalry. The 13th GA. Cav. was formed out of the 16th.. Jesse P. Wood and Jasper N. Wood are brothers and are also the brothers of Marion P. Wood, C.S.A. buried at the Wood Family Cemetery in District #255. ----------------------------- Jesse enlisted as a 3rd Sergeant in Company G, 13th GA Cavalry (16th Battalion GA Cavalry) on May 14, 1862 in Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia. He was promoted to Sergeant on an undisclosed date and was captured at Knoxville, Tennessee on September 22, 1863. He was sent to Military Prison, Louisville, Kentucky and was forwarded to Camp Morton yankee prison, Indianapolis, Indiana on October 13, 1863. He was transferred to Fort Delaware yankee prison, Delaware on March 19, 1864. He was exchanged on March 7, 1865 and was surrendered in compliance with the terms of a Military Convention made on April 26, 1865 at Bennett’s House, Durham Station, North Carolina between General Joseph E. Johnston and Major General W. T. Sherman and approved by Lieutenant General U. S. Grant. He was paroled at Augusta, Georgia on May 18, 1865. Source: John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. First name spelled as Jessie on tombstone [S129] Headstone Inscription. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", file 183A.txt. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. [S284] Karen Ann Thompson Ledford, These Men Wore Grey, Volume VII, Jackson County, Georgia, (Name: Name: Name: Copyright 2001;;;).