John R WOOD

1823 - 1891  (68 years)

• Name	John R WOOD  [1, 2]
  Birth	1823	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Bill Wood  [3]
  Residence	1850	Subdivision 45, Jackson, Georgia   [2]
  Residence	1860	Clarksborough District, Jackson, Georgia   [2]
  Residence	1870	Subdivision 96, Newton, Georgia   [2]
  Death	24 Nov 1891	Banks County, GA   [4]
  Military	20 Jul 1961  [5]
  	CSA: Company G, 16th Regiment Georgia Volunteers
  Burial	Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I15387	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	William WOOD,   b. 1800, Jackson Co, Ga. d. 1835, Jackson Co, GA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary PARK,   b. 1802, Jackson, Georgia, United States d. Jackson, Georgia, United States
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nancy Ann HEWITT,   b. 6 Nov 1824, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States
  Marriage	1839	Oglethorpe County, GA   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Green C WOOD,   b. Feb 1843, Jackson County,, Georgia, USA d. 28 Dec 1904, Poyner, Henderson County, TX (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Elizabeth WOOD,   b. 1844, Georgia  [Father: natural]   3. Sarah M WOOD,   b. 1846, Jackson County, GA d. 2 Aug 1922, Banks County, GA (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Nancy Evaline WOOD,   b. 1848, Jackson County, GA d. 7 Feb 1935, Banks County, GA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural] + 5. John Milton WOOD,   b. 22 Jun 1853, Jackson County, GA d. 21 Jun 1934, Washington, Wilkes County, GA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural] + 6. Martha Caroline WOOD,   b. 15 May 1856, Jackson County, GA d. 18 Oct 1923, Covington, Newton County, GA (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Thomas Jefferson D WOOD,   b. 1861, Jackson County, GA d. 1897, Wilkes County, GA (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Dora A WOOD,   b. 1864, Georgia  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F6082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Jefferson, Jackson, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		John R. Wood 16th Volunteer Infantry, Company G, Jackson Co., Ga.
  		John R. Wood and Nancy A. Hewitt

  
  

• Notes

  John enlisted as a Private in Company G, 16th Regiment Georgia Volunteers in Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia on July 20, 1861. He was transferred to Company C, Georgia Troops, Cobb's Georgia Legion on April 1, 1862. He was transferred to Company H, Cobb's Legion, Georgia Troops (Cavalry Battalion) on August 1, 1864. He was present or accounted for through the last available muster roll dated October 1864. This information provided by John T. Nash

  
  

• Sources

  [S254] Research of Rick Wood. [S334] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for John R Wood http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=-231541079&indiv=try [S6] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time in History: This Wood & Lester Family", file X16A.txt. [S54] Unknown Contributor, Ancestry.com database, from the Henry / Miller Family Tree. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. via email dated 13-Mar-2010