Rachel Ward Woods

Abt 1770 - 1840  (70 years)

• Name	Rachel Ward Woods  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1770	Bedford Co., Virginia   [5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Probate	Wayne, West Virginia, USA   [4]
  Death	1840	West Virginia, USA   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I7727	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Thomas Wood, *,   b. 1735, Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Virginia, USA d. Bef 25 Feb 1793, , Bedford, VA, USA (Age < 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Unknown   d. Aft 1793
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1765
  Family ID	F1292	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bartholomew Gaskins,   b. 1762, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1850, , Gallia, OH (Age 88 years)
  Married	Bef 1787	VA
  Marriage	7 May 1793	, Bedford, VA, USA   [5]
  Married	8 May 1848	Raccoon, Gallia, Ohio, United States
  Children	1. Unknown Gaskins,   b. 1820, Gallia, Ohio, USA d. Aft 1830 (Age > 11 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Abraham Gaskins,   b. Between 7 Sep and Oct 1816, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 13 Nov 1894, Nine Mile, Clermont, OH, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Solomon Gaskins,   b. 15 Nov 1810, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, United States d. 7 Nov 1850, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Jemima Gaskins,   b. Abt 1803, Virginia, USA d. 6 Jan 1894, Wellston, Jackson, Ohio, United States (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Thomas Gaskins,   b. 17 Oct 1795, Virginia, United States of America d. 7 Nov 1858, Clermont County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John G. Gaskins,   b. 15 Nov 1798, , Bedford, VA, USA d. 7 Nov 1858, Pierce Twp., Clermont, OH, USA (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Jane Gaskins,   b. 1805   d. Aft 1830 (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jeremiah Gaskins,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 7 Nov 1858, Clermont, Ohio, United States (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Overton Gaston,   b. Abt 1825, Virginia, USA d. Aft 1850, Of Ohio Twp., Gallia, OH, USA (Age > 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Sarah A. Gaskin, *,   b. 1803, Virginia d. 20 Sep 1887, Gallia, Ohio, United States (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   11. James S Gaskins,   b. 15 Nov 1798, Bedford, Bedford, Virginia, USA d. 1883, Mason, Fairfax, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	J N Donethan
  Family ID	F6234	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  She is listed as a Wood in family records and as a Donathan in court records, so which is her maiden name is not clear. She is listed as Rachel Wood Donathan in her marriage to Bartholomew indicating that she was probably married to a Dn before Bart. My theory is that she is the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Wood and sister to Jeremiah Wood. Both she (as Rachel Gaskins) and Jeremiah Wood are named in the will of Reubin Dolard on Jan 8, 1802 in Bedford Co., Virginia. Reubin Dolard was the same person that provided surety when she married indicating some close relationship between them, possibly uncle or grandparent. She is not named in her possible father, Thomas Wood's will written on Nov. 26, 1773 other than the fact that he alluded to his children in general. The will was not probated until Feb. 25, 1793, a few months before she married. She did name her oldest child, Thomas, again suggesting this is a likely match for the Bedford Co., Virginia area where they all lived. (Hinshaw, V.VI, CL-553, 554)

  
  

• Sources

  [S1734] Ervin, Dick, Email dated 2002 at Ervt28@aol.com. [S1740] Lawrence, Warren, Email dated 2000 from wlawrence@tiadon.com. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S726] Ancestry.com, West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Will Books; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Wayne County). West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 [S335] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Source number: 647.001; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 3. [S1742] Ervin, Dick, Letter dated 2002 from 4401 Dickson Rd., Indianpolis, IN 46226. [S359] 1850 U.S. Census Gallia Co., Ohio.