Pickney Ford WOOD

1809 - 1892  (82 years)

• Name	Pickney Ford WOOD  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	3 Sep 1809	Spartanburg County, SC   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Hickory Flat, (UNK) County, GA
  Name	Pickney F. Wood
  Military	Between 22 Jul and 9 Nov 1863  [2, 4]
  	Company D, Cherokee Legion (GA) Cavalry
  Military	22 Jul 1863  [5]
  	CSA: Company D (Captain Dea's Company) Cherokee Legion, Georgia StateGuards
  Death	21 Jun 1892	Cherokee County, GA   [3]
  Burial	Big Springs Cemetery, Hickory Flat, Cherokee County, GA   [6, 7]
  Person ID	I664	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry WOOD, Jr.,   b. 19 Jul 1786, Warren County, NC d. 15 Aug 1873, Canton, Cherokee County, GA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Nancy FORD,   b. 1794, Spartanburg County, SC d. Bef 1860, Canton, Cherokee County, GA (Age < 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1808  [8]
  Family ID	F370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann GRIFFIN,   b. Abt 1817
  Marriage	Abt 1830
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Hutchen WOOD,   b. 17 Nov 1831, Spartanburg County, SC d. 29 Apr 1889, Quitman County, GA (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Frances J WOOD,   b. Abt 1833, Spartanburg County, SC  [Father: natural] + 3. Nancy J WOOD,   b. 28 Jun 1835, Spartanburg County, SC d. 10 Nov 1892 (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Jacob G WOOD,   b. Abt 1839, Spartanburg County, SC  [Father: natural] + 5. Bowen Griffin WOOD,   b. 1 Jun 1843, Cherokee County, GA d. 6 Apr 1924 (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Thomas S WOOD,   b. Abt 1844, Cherokee County, GA d. 29 Aug 1912, South Carolina (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural] + 7. Isham A WOOD,   b. Abt 1846, Cherokee County, GA d. Abt 1881 (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]   8. Merick Jack WOOD,   b. Abt 1848, Cherokee County, GA  [Father: natural] + 9. Eliza WOOD,   b. 4 Jul 1851, Cherokee County, GA d. 27 Mar 1925 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]   10. George W WOOD,   b. Abt 1852, Cherokee County, GA  [Father: natural]   11. I M WOOD,   b. Abt 1854, Cherokee County, GA  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F486	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 82 years, 9 months, 18 days ----------------------------- 1850 Census, Cherokee County, Georgia, Head of Household surname, first name, age, birthstate, household number WOOD P.F. 41 SC 100 This individual fits the data for Pickney Ford Wood living in Cherokee County, GA at the time of the 1850 census __________________ From the Cherokee Legion Web Site: http://www.sagecat.com/cherokee%20legion/cl_index.htm: The Cherokee Legion was formed by volunteers primarily from Cherokee County, Georgia, to resist the Union incursion into northern Georgia during 1863. The Legion was mustered for six months service within an area bounded by the borders of the state north of a line from West Point, Georgia, to the Elbert County Courthouse, to the Savannah River. It was not a unit composed of members of the Cherokee Nation, except that individual members may have been all or part Cherokee. The Legion did most of its service around Rome, Georgia, and apparently saw no significant action. Service with the Cherokee Legion will qualify its members' male descendants for membership in the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Over 700 men and boys reported for enlistment of which only 200 were needed. Many were "detailed" to get the Legion down to authorized strength. Many men who enlisted were deferred because of their age, being below 18 or infirm. Others who enlisted were soon conscripted into regular service in the Confederate Army. Some enlisted in one company only to be mustered into another. Some went on to serve in the regular Confederate service after their service in the Legion ended, so this record may not be all that is available. __________________ Pinckney Wood owned property in the Earney Road section of East Cherokee. He is buried at Big Springs Methodist Church Cemetery (with a marker) near Earney Road. There are two adult and two children's unmarked graves adjoining Pinckney's. There is known marker for his wife. reference: Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee, The Heritage of Cherokee County Georgia 1831-1998., (Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc., 1998). page 592 __________________ excerpt from the book, "Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, 1880-1938" [Pinkney F.] Wood died at the residence of G.T. Fowler on the 21 of June. His remains were interred in the cemetery at Big Springs. He was in his 83rd year and had been a citizen of Cherokee for many years. He was stricken with paralysis last November but now is at rest, free from pain and suffering. (Page 3 Col 4) [Born 3 Sep 1809] __________________ Pinkney enlisted as a Private in Company D (Captain Dean’s Company), Cherokee Legio, Georgia State Guards on July 22, 1863 for 6 months. He received commutation for his horse in the amount of $24.40 (40 cents per day). He was discharged on November 9, 1863. Source: John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Cherokee Legion Web Site, http://www.sagecat.com/cherokee%20legion/CL_COD_C.HTM. [S279] Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee, The Heritage of Cherokee County Georgia 1831-1998, (Name: Name: Name: Waynesville, NC: Don Mills, Inc., 1998; Location: BellResearchCenter, Cumming, GA 30041;;;), Page 592. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File w\121A.txt. [S71] Cherokee Legion Web Site, http://www.sagecat.com/cherokee%20legion/cl_index.htm. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", Legacy files 122A.txt and 188a.txt. [S55] John Carver, Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, 1880-1938, (Name: Name: Location: Bell Research Center, Cumming, GA 30041;;;), Page 73. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 121A.txt.