John Wood, (Half-brother)

- 1798

• Name	John Wood  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	(Half-brother)
  Birth	, , VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 1773 and 1798	, Washington, TN, USA
  Person ID	I9241	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Mother	Sarah Hart,   b. 1707, , Surry, VA d. 1766 (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Griffith,   b. 1728, , Augusta, VA d. 1811, , Bedford, VA, USA (Age 83 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Mahalia Wood,   b. Bef 1755, , Greenbrier, VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Wood,   b. 1748, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Winifred Wood,   b. 1754   d. 1857 (Age 103 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Agnes Wood,   b. 1760, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. John Wood,   b. 1752, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Henry Wood,   b. 1772   d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Richard Wood,   b. 1766, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Elijah Wood,   b. 1769, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Rachel Wood,   b. 11 Mar 1759, , , VA d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. James Wood,   b. , , VA d. 1822  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  John fought in the famous Battle of Point Pleasant. He is thought to have joined up with Daniel Boone when he opened the Cumberland Gap before he was scalped by Indians in Tennesse.

  
  

• Sources

  [S912] Our Family Ties (http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/e/Elaine-Stebniski/index.html, c2011). [S1908] Bass, Josephine Lindsay, My Southern Family (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mysouthernfamily/myff/d0067/g0000018.html, 2011). [S968] Family Trees (www.ancestry.com).