George Wood was a Matross (artillery man), in Capt. Andrew Summers' company, commanded by Col. John Eyre. He enlisted September 12th, 1777, and this company was mustered into the service of the United States September 15th, 1777. Authority, - 13, Pennsylvania archives, second series, page 650.
An aunt who is now upwards of eighty, remembers her grandfather, George Wood, confirms the fact of his having served in the American Revolution. She remembers having attended his funeral.
I have on authority of one who made a study of genealogy, the origin of names and of people, that the Woods were of English descent ; they were originally from London, and were silk merchants, and traded between London and Amsterdam. One of them located there, married a dutch woman, and was the progenitor of the family that afterwards came to Pennsylvania.
The four oldest children of George Wood and Elizabeth Whiteman, Andrew, Hester, Elizabeth and Charles, were born in Pennsylvania. In 1786, George Wood, and family, emigrated to Kentucky, and located in the town of Washington, there on the 14th of December of that year, Dolly Wood was born. She had the distinction of being the first white child born at that place. ...
... When George Wood came with his family to Mason county, Washington was a small place, having that year been established as a town. There was no accomodations for strangers, but in those pioneer days, hospitality reigned in the breasts of the people, and they were ever ready to offer a shelter and the comforts of life, to the stranger within the gates. Arthur Fox had been married some time to Mary Young, the daughter of Col. Richard Young, of Woodford county. ...
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