Daniel U WOOD

1832 - 1883  (51 years)

• Name	Daniel U WOOD
  Birth	8 Mar 1832	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Military	20 Jul 1861  [2, 3]
  	CSA: Company G, 16th Georgia Infantry
  Death	3 Aug 1883	Jackson County, GA   [4]
  Burial	Daniel Wood Family Cemetery, Jackson County near Houston, GA
  Person ID	I703	Wood-Lester
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James William WOOD,   b. 30 Nov 1792, Spartanburg County, SC d. 1860, Jackson County, GA (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mariah PORTER,   b. Abt 1796, Virginia
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Aug 1814	Jackson County, GA   [5]
  Family ID	F381	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth ALLEN,   b. 15 Jan 1838, Georgia d. 16 Jul 1918, Jackson County, GA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	4 Oct 1866	Jackson County, GA   [1]
  Notes	Wife of Daniel Wood. Married in Jackson Co., GA. by N.H. Pendergrass, J.P. on Oct. 4, 1866. Ref: Jackson Co., GA. Marriage Book D, Page 267.
  Children	1. (baby) WOOD   bur. Daniel Wood Family Cemetery, Jackson County near Houston, GA  [Father: natural]   2. (baby) WOOD   bur. Daniel Wood Family Cemetery, Jackson County near Houston, GA  [Father: natural]   3. (baby) WOOD   bur. Daniel Wood Family Cemetery, Jackson County near Houston, GA  [Father: natural]   4. Samuel WOOD,   b. Abt 1868  [Father: natural]   5. Daniel Webster WOOD,   b. 12 Dec 1870, Jackson County, GA d. 26 Mar 1940, Jackson County, GA (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]   6. Benjamin Franklin WOOD,   b. 23 Apr 1873, Jackson County, GA d. 12 Dec 1916, Jackson County, GA (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]   7. Mary WOOD,   b. 24 Feb 1879   d. 22 Mar 1960 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 May 2024

  
  

• Headstones

  Headstone: Daniel U. Wood (1832-1883)

  
  

• Notes

  Died at age 51 years, 4 months, 26 days. ----------------------------- Daniel served the Confederacy in the War Between the States and was captured April 6, 1865. He was sent to prison at Newport News, VA. but his discharge and release came just 3 days later with the surrender at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. ----------------------------- Co. G, 16th GA. Regt., Inf., Army of N. Va.: "Jackson Co. Vols." Private July 20,1861. Roll dated Jan. 30,1865, last on file, shows him absent, sick, no later record. Ref: "Rosters of the Confederate Soldiers of GA. " by Lillian Henderson, Vol. 2: Pg. 540. ----------------------------- Daniel enlisted as a Private in Company G, 16th Georgia Infantry on July 20, 1861 in Jefferson, Georgia. He was admitted to C.S.A. General Hospital in Danville, Virginia on August 13, 1862 with “febris typhoides”. He returned to duty on August 3, 1862. He was admitted to Winder Hospital, Richmond, Virginia on October 15, 1862 with an unknown complaint. He was received at General Hospital, Howard’s Grove, Richmond, Virginia on May 27, 1864 with an unknown complaint and was received at the same hospital on June 26, 1864 with “febris intermitten”. He was furloughed for 40 days on July 28, 1864. Source: John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr.

  
  

• Sources

  [S224] Provided by: Joyce Wood. [S243] Research of John T. Nash, 6th great grandson of Capt. William Wood, Jr. [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;;;). [S129] Headstone Inscription. [S7] Robert Darious Wood, Sr and J Glenn Wood, "Our Time In History: This Wood and Lester Family", File 124A.txt.