Records of James Wood in Orange and Augusta County, VA

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Records of James Wood in Orange County, VA

Note: this is only a partial list of records in Orange County.


  • Statement of James Wood for a surveyor's book for the county's use, £1.14.0, and charge for bringing it up, 6 sh. 27 Oct. 1737. [Orange County Virginia Judgements, Dorman, pg. 103].
  • Page 447. Surveys made in Orange County between June 1737 and June 1738:
October 14 - John Newport, 347 acres
October 20 - Robert Bickers, 244 acres
October 20 - Charles Oakes, 400 acres
October 26 - Colo. Henry Willis, 343 acres
October 28 - Colo. Henry Willis, 352 acres
October 28 - Richard Kemp, 300 acres
Decemr 1 - John Christopher, 400 acres
Decemr 2 - William Phillips, 220 acres
Decemr 3 - Henry Kindal, 950 acres
Decemr 5 - John Rogers, 75 acres
Decemr 8 - David Roach, 300 acres
Decemr 10 - Henry Nixon, 430 acres
March 18 - Jacob Stover, 1,000 acres
March 20 - Thomas Gulley, 400 acres
March 21 - William Bohannon, 943 acres
March 23 - James Wood, 200 acres
J. Wood Survr. 23 June 1738. Ordered to be recorded. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 59].
  • Statement of James Wood for a surveyor's book for the county's use, £1.14.1, and charge for bringing it up (to date?), 6 sh. 27 Oct. 1737. [Orange County Virginia Judgements, 1736, Dorman, pg. 103].
  • Page 208. - Surveys made in Orange County since June 1738.
Nov. 17 - William Thomson, 400 (acres)
Nov. 17 - William Thomson, 400 (acres)
Nov. 17 - William Thomson, 400 (acres)
Nov. 20 - Wm. Watkins, 400 (acres)
Nov. 24 - Jacob Castle, 400 (acres)
Nov. 25 - Robt. Green, 400 (acres)
Nov. 28 - James Wood, 400 (acres)
Decr. 4 - John Sexton, 400 (acres)
Decr. 4 - Peter Falkner, 400 (acres)
Decr. 6 - Terrance Kelly, 400 (acres)
Decr. 6 - Charles Robinson, 400 (acres)
Decr. 6 - Robert Green, 400 (acres)
Decr. 6 - Peter Falkner, 400 (acres)
Decr. 8 - Daniel Harrison, 400 (acres) (Note: Daniel Harrison was the son-in-law of James Wood).
Decr. 8 - James Wood", 400 (acres)
Decr. 16. - Wm. Robertson & Benjamin Borden, 92,100 (acres) (Note: this tract became known as "The Borden Tract", which was connected to and just south of "Beverley Manor" in Augusta County).
Mar. 6 - James Wood, 400 (acres)
Mar. 6 - James Wood, 400 (acres)
Mar. 7 - Benj. Burden (s/b Borden), 400 (acres)
Mar. 7 - Jno. McDowell, 400 (acres)
Mar. 8 - Jno. Hart, 400 (acres)
Mar. 9 - Benj. Burden (s/b Borden), 400 (acres)
Mar. 9 - Jno. McDowel, 400 (acres)
Mar. 11 - Jno. Hart, 400 (acres)
Mar. 11 - Geo. Robinson, 400 (acres)
Mar. 12 - Jno. McDowell, 400 (acres)
Mar. 13 - Jno. Hart, 400 (acres)
Mar. 15 - Geo. Robinson, 400 (acres)
Mar. 20 - Geo. Robinson, 400 (acres)
28 June 1739. James Wood presented the list of surveys. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 3, Dorman, pg. 15].
  • Pages 287-88. 29 June 1739. Bond of James Wood as collector of all the rates, duties and impositions due by virtue of an Act of Assembly for laying a duty upon skins and furrs for the batter support for the Colledge of Wm. and Mary, two other acts for support of the Colledge of Wm. and Mary, and an Act for laying a duty upon liquors inported by land and better securing the duty upon slaves, within the bounds of the countys of Orange and Prince William. For £500 sterling. Security, Robert Green, Gent. (signed) J. Wood, Robert Green. Wit: James Porteus. 29 June 1739. Acknowledged. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 3, Dorman, pg. 19].


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Records of James Wood in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's:

  • Page 260.--5th June, 1749. John Smith, Gent., to Silas Hart, mason, 400 acres on South Fork of North River of Shannadore. James Wood's line. Patented to John, 25th June, 1747. Margaret, John's wife, releases dower. Teste: John Thompson, John Poage, John Archer.
  • Vol. 1 - NOVEMBER 27, 1751. - (203) Daniel Stringer, Robert Craven and John Craven to value James Wood, Gent, improvements on 400 acres on Muddy Creek.
  • Page 190.--28th November, 1751. Same (From Borden, etc.) to Samuel Wilson, farmer, 400 acres patented to Benjamin, 9th March, 1740. Broad Spring Branch of James; corner James Wood.
  • Page 118.--16th January, 1754. Garrett Zinn to John Miller, 380 acres being part of a 900 acre tract patented (see p. 113). On Woods River. Cor. Manuel Ekerling, opposite a long island. Teste: Ebenezer West. (Note: this record immediately precedes the following record).
  • Page 121.--Daniel Stringer and Elizabeth, his wife, 21st November, 1753 to Thomas Gorden, 278 acres. Line of James Wood's land on west side of a branch of Muddy Creek. Daniel (his mark) Stringer. Eliza (her mark) Stringer.
  • Page 512.--19th March. 1755. Jamea Trotter and Mary to Hugh Campbell £50, 268 acres on Naked Creek; Michael Dickey's line; conveyed to Trotter by James Wood, 18th August, 1749.
  • Page 320.--8th December, 1755. Thos. Waterson and Mary ( ), farmer, to Israel Christian, merchant, £155, 300 acres on a branch of Naked Creek, James Wood's line. Teste: Thomas ( ) Kirkpatrick.
  • Vol. 1 - MARCH, 1758 (B). - Wood vs. Vanse.--Know all men, &c., we, Ephraim Vanse (Vause?) and George Robinson are held, &c., to Col. James Wood, of Frederick County, &c., &c. Dated 23d September, 1747. Test, Robert Rutherford, John Robinson.
  • Page 218.--21st November, 1759. Aaron Oliver, late of Augusta County, and Elizabeth ( ), to Thomas Shankland, £31.10.0, 196 acres on Mudd Creek below James Wood's land. Teste: Robert Shanklin, Richard Shanklin, Jno. Davidson.
  • Page 255.--16th May, 1762. Thomas Moore and Mary, of Frederick, to Aaron Huse, £50, 90 acres on Long Meadow of Shanando, part of tract patented to James Gill and surveyed by James Wood; cor. Thomas Rutherford. Delivered: March, 1782.
  • Page 357.--17th September, 1763. Thomas ( ) Shanklin, Sr., to Thomas Shanklin, Jr., his son, £20, two tracts, one containing 100 acres, 80 acres of which is part of 400 patented to James Wood, 12th January, 1746, on branch of Muddy Creek; corner John Shanklin's land; the other tract containing 80 acres patented to Thomas Shanklin, Sr., June, 1755, on branches of Muddy Creek; O'Neal's land, John Fulton's line. Delivered: Thomas Shanklin, 30th August, 1790.
  • Page 483.--30th September, 1763. Israel Christian, merchant, to Thomas Watterson, farmer, £155, 300 acres on a branch of Naked Creek, James Wood's line. Teste: John Stuart, James McRoy, Thomas Doran.
  • Page 631.--20th June, 1764. Jacob ( ) Rollman and Margret ( ) to Christian Rollman, £50, 200 acres, part of 600 acres patented to James Wood. Wm. Russell and Wm. Green, conveyed by them to Jacob, 23d May, 1763; corner Catherine Zorn's land. Teste: Mark ( ) Swadley. Joseph Gamwell. Delivered: Moses Hinckle, Esq., 3d July, 1793, by order of Rollman.
  • Page 902.--25th April, 1765. James and Moses Green to Steven Conrad, £60, 234 acres, part of 2000 acres patented to James Wood and Robert Green, on Boon's Run between Picked Mountain and Shanandore River, between John Burke's and Runkle's land. Teste: Henry Long, Jacob ( ) Parshinger, George Conrad. Delivered: George Conrad, August Court, 1776.
  • Page 66.--22d August, 1766. Nicholas Green, of Culpeper, to James, Davidson, £154.10, 400 acres on the Dry River, part of 1700 acres patented to James Wood and Robert Green, joining Daniel Callachan's and Wm. Chesnut's lands.
  • Page 234.--3d February, 1767. Samuel McRoberts ( ) to James Wood, gent., of Frederick, £48, 287 acres by deed of James Wood, gent., deceased, of Frederick, 19th August, 1749, on head of Middle Branch of Catawbo Creek.
  • Page 246.--7th November, 1767. Josiah Davidson, eldest son and heir of Daniel Davidson, deceased, to Thomas Moore, blacksmith, £160, 370 acres on Smith's Creek, the same that was conveyed to Daniel 4th June, 1748, by James Wood, to whom it was patented 12th January, 1766 (1756). Delivered: Thos. Moore, 14th June, 1770.
  • Vol. 1 - MAY, 1768 (A). - Alexander Herron vs. Quin, Ejectment.--Daniel Harrison, 66 or 67 years old, deposes, 16th December, 1767: He was present when Colonel James Woods, then surveyor of the County of Orange (now Augusta) ran the lines in dispute. John Craven, aged 45, says same. William Gregg, aged 30, says same. John Harris was dead at time of taking this deposition.
  • Vol. 1 - MAY, 1768 (A). - Alexander Herron vs. Patrick Quin.--Ejectment. Daniel Harrison, aged about sixty-six or seven, deposes: That he was present when Col. James Wood, then surveyor of the County of Orange (now Augusta), ran off the lands in dispute, and that the first line run by Thomas Lewis this day extends as far, etc., the corner of Samuel Wilkins, and that of Green & Co., under whom said Wilkins claims he has ever since been well acquainted with the lands, etc.; that the lines were not marked until the patent issued, and the reason Wood gave for it was that when he was about to survey the same, he himself was damned drunk and the rest concerned were in same condition, etc. (Signed) Daniel Harrison. 16th December, 1767. John Craven deposes, same time and place (aged forty-five, or thereabouts): He was present when Col. James Wood surveyed the land in dispute, now upwards of 22 years. William Gregg, aged thirty or thereabouts, deposes, same time and place: Samuel Wilkins is dead. Daniel Smith, gent., aged about thirty-seven years: About 12 years ago he was appointed a processioner with John Harrison. Daniel Harrison's additional deposition, 17th December, 1767: He and Alexander Herron bought 200 acres of Samuel Wilkins. Wilkins, after conveying to Herron, found he did not have 100 acres more for deponent and then cancelled the bargain, for which John Wilkins, son of Samuel, paid Harrison £5. Thomas Lewis deposes: That about 1745, talking with Col. James Wood about the difficulty of finding corners on protracted plots when the survey afterwards came to be made, said Wood told this deponent how lucky he had been in a matter of this kind in a plot that he had made for McCay, Hite and Green, on the waters of Cook's Creek, for that he had only run the lines along the courses of the creek and protracted all the other lines and supposed corners which, where an actual survey was made by him after the patent issued, he found trees agreeable to most of the supposed corners which he had mentioned in the protracted plat, or nearly corresponding thereto, which deponent afterwards found to be the case on a survey made by him to detennine a suit formerly depending between the said parties. This day Patrick Quin came, etc., and says that Capt. Daniel Harrison is very ailing; he is afraid that he will soon change his natural life, as he doth believe that he will die very soon. (Signed) Abraham Smith. 18th June, 1767. Elaborate survey and description of the lands by Thomas Lewis
  • Page 491.--16th May, 1768. Joseph Rediford (Redeford, Rutherford) to Joseph Rutherford, Jr., £50, 134 acres on Cub Run, part of 400 acres patented to James Wood, 12th January, 1746, and by him bequeathed to Mary Wood by will recorded in Frederick and by Mary conveyed to Joseph Rutherford, 31st December, 1760; corner Thomas Rutherford in line of Felix Gilbert's land on spur of Peaked Mountain. Teste: John Dickenson, Ralph Lafferty, Daniel Kidd. Delivered: Jas. Rutherford, 23d February, 1773.
  • Page 496.--16th May, 1768. Joseph Rutherford to Reuben Rutherford, £50, 134 acres on Cub Run. part of 400 above; Gilbert's line. Delivered: Felix Gilbert, 26th July, 1774. (Note: listed consecutively with record above).
  • Page 501.--16th May, 1768. Joseph Rediford (Rutherford) to Thomas Rutherford, £50, 134 acres, part of 400 above on Cub Run; corner Reuben Rutherford in Gilbert's line. (Note: listed consecutively with record above).
  • Vol. 1 - OCTOBER, 1769 (B). - Nicholas Null vs. John Craig.--Chancery. Bill filed, 1767. Revived, 1768, November. Nicholas Null, orator. Revived by George Null, eldest son and heir. Nicholas Null, late of Pennsylvania, but now of this Colony, came to Virginia, 1750. Applied to William Burk for a piece of land which Burk had bought of James Wood of Frederick. John Craig had a claim on the land. Null was a German. Valentine Pence was brother-in-law of Nicholas Null.
  • Page 487.--22d May, 1769. Wallace Harrison to Richard and Peter Footman, merchants of Philadelphia, mortgage, £453.18.8, on North River Shanandoah, part of tract called the Great Plain, patented to James Wood, 12th January, 1746, 210 acres; also one tract near above, joining dividing line, between His Majesty and Lord Fairfax, and the lands of Michael Neece (Nees), 270 acres, patented to Mary Wood, 27th June, 1764; both conveyed to Mathew by Mary Wood by deed of even date herewith. Teste: William Campbell, Robert Wood, Alexander White.
  • Page 410.--26th October, 1769. John Craig and Sarah ( ) to George Null, eldest son and heir of Nicholas Null, deceased, £15, 400 acres on Shanandore between river and Peaked Mountain patented to said John Craige, 16th May, 1765, Boone's Run; this tract was formerly patented to James Wood, but was forfeited for non-payment of quit rents and cultivation.
  • Page 108.--28th November, 1771. Henry Lancisco, Sr., to Henry Lancisco, Jr., son of said Henry, 194 acres, part of the plantation whereon said Henry now lives and part of 350 acres conveyed to said Henry Lanclsco Sr., by Wood, Russell and Green, 20th May, 1753, and part of 660 acres patented to said Wood, Russell and Green, 23d October, 1750, on South Branch of Potomac. Teste: Henry Judy, Necolaus ( ) Herbould; Martain ( ) Juty, Bastain ( ) Hackley. Delivered: Samuel Millar per order 25th February, 1788.
  • Page 111.--28th November, 1771. Same (From Henry Lancisco, Sr) to Zichman Harman, £20, on North Fork of South Branch of Potomac, 130 acres part of 310 acres conveyed by Wood, Russell and Green, to Henry, 16th February, 1750, and part of greater tract patented to James Wood, 23d October, 1750. Delivered: Samuel Miller as above. (Note: listed consecutively with record above).
  • Page 114.--28th November, 1771. Same (From Henry Lancisco, Sr) to Valentine Power, part of 310 acres above. Teste: Henry Judy, Nicholaus ( ) Herbould, Martam ( ) Juty. Bastain ( ) Hackley. (Note: listed consecutively with record above).
  • Page 117.--3d March, 1772. Same(From Henry Lancisco, Sr) to Michael, Henry, Daniel, William Magdalen and Mary Miller, North Fork of South Branch of Potomac, 144 acres, part of 350 acres conveyed to Henry in 1755. (Note: listed consecutively with record above).
  • Page 37.--8th May, 1772. Mathew Harrison, late of Augusta County, now of Dumfries, in County of Prince William, and Alexander White, of Frederick County, and Elizabeth, to Frederick Haines, £420, and other good causes and considerations, on Branches of Lick Run, part of patent to Robert Green, deceased, 20th August, 1740, and divided between representatives of Robert Green and Mary Wood, widow and devisee of Col. James Wood. Delivered: Christopher Armentrout, 25th October, 1774. (Note: Both Matthew Harrison and Alexander White were sons-in-law of James Wood).
  • Page 86.--21st November, 1772. Mathew Patton to John Likens. Whereas John Reager in his lifetime had purchased of James Wood and Robert Green a tract of land on North Mill Creek, a branch of South Branch of Potowmack, 407 acres, but before conveyance was made, John was murdered by the enemy, Indians, and his son and two daughters carried into captivity; said Mathew administered on the personal estate and obtained a title from Green in his own name. 24th May, 1763. but on condition if the heirs of John should return from captivity Mathew should reconvey the land as by a bond in the hands of James Wood, of Frederick; Dorothy Reager and Barbara Reager, daughters of said John, did some years ago return from captivity, but John Reager, son and heir of John, deceased, has never returned nor has been heard of since he was taken and it is doubtful if he is alive. Dorothy has, since her return, intermarried with said John Likens. Delivered: Jacob Coil per order filed 15th March, 1798.
  • Page 342.--14th August, 1774. Reuben Rutherford and Eliner ( ) to Felix Gilbert, part of 134 acres conveyed to Reuben by his father Joseph Rutherford, part of 400 acres patented to James Wood. 12th January, 1746, and by him devised to Mary by will recorded in Frederick. Teste: John Brownlow, Jacob Woodle. William West.
  • Page 273.--20th January, 1789. John Miller and Margaret, of Rockingham, to Charles Callahan, tract granted by order of Council, 29th October, 1743, to John Robinson, James Wood, Henry Robinson, John Lewis, and by them patented to Mathew Harper, 15th December, 1758, on Newfoundland Creek of Cowpasture; 75 acres on Bullpasture, patented to said John Miller, 1st March, 1781; 232 acres patented to said John Miller, 1st June, 1784, on Bullpasture; 58 acres patented to John on last date.
  • Vol. 2 - JUDGMENTS. - SEPTEMBER, 1802 (A to R). - Dunkenson, et ux., vs. Moore--Ejectment from Rockingham. Thomas Dunkerson and Lucretia Dunkerson, his wife, heirs-at-law of Thomas Moore, deceased, six plantations, containing 1,700 acres. Defendants are Reuben, John and Thomas Moore. Copy of patent by Fauquier to Thomas Moore, 26th July, 1765, 200 acres on Smith's Creek, between Davison's, Philips' and Rambo's lands, Buchanans' Cor. Same by Botetourt to Thomas L. Moore, 12th May, 1770, 190 acres on Smith's Creek, Michael Bowyer's line, Thomas Looker's line. Same by same, to Thomas Moore, 12th May, 1770, on Smith's Creek, corner J. Woodley land; John Philips, corner. Same by Fauquier to Valentine Sevear, 200 acres on Smith's Creek, crossing Daniel Jones' Branch, 27th June, 1764. Consideration is importation of four persons, viz: James Porteus, John Poe, Patrick McDonald and Daniel Warner. Patent by Gooch, 12th January, 1746, to James Wood, for 370 acres on Smith's Creek. Patent by Fauquier, 31st October, 1765, to Thomas Looker (Lobker ?) for 68 acres on Long Meadows or North River Shan. Deed by Thomas Loker, of Rockingham, 17th February, 1791, to Thomas Moore, Sr. Thomas Loker. Test: Reuben Moore, Thomas Loker, Jr., Philip Counce, recorded Rockingham, 27th June, 1791. 20th August, 1801, jury, John Carthrea, Jr., George Rader, Jacob Bear, Mathias Anson, Michael Lohr, James Green, George Chrisman, David Caldwell, John Crotzer, Casper Mifford, Evan Thomas, Alexander Graham. Jury find Thomas Moore died intestate, 1797, leaving plaintiff, Lucretia, and defendants, his only children, appeal to Supreme Court, and their appeal dismissed. Judgment for plaintiffs.
  • Vol. 2 - George W. Morris vs. Morris' heirs--O. S. 180; N. S. 64--In spring of 1805 orator's father, Richard Morris, died, owning land on Jackson's River, without devising it, and leaving heirs and children, viz: Orator, James, John, William, Isabella (married to William Elliott), Edward, Frances (married to Archibald Armstrong), Robert, Archibald, Benjamin. William has since died, leaving widow Jean and Children, viz: Jean (married to Edward Jackson and now living in Ohio), William, Richard, Nancy, John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Ann, Benjamin (last 8 being infants). James Morris ha sremoved from commonwealth and lives in Tennessee. John Morris, Benjamin Morris, orators' brother and William Elliott and Isabella have removed to Ohio. Bond 19th October, 1805, by James Morris of Roone County, Tenn. Bond 19th October, 1805, by John Morris of Champaign County, Ohio. Patent to Richard Morris, 18th October, 1787, 46 acres by survey, 1771, on Jackson River. Patent to Richard Morris, 14th July, 1769, 93 acres on Jackson's River in Augusta. Survey by Thomas Lewis, 26th April, 1764, 270 acres (patent of grant, 29th October, 1743, to John Robinson, James Wood and Henry Robinson and John Lewis), now in possession of Arthur Dunlap on Jackson River. Patent by Fauquier, 1760. to William McCutchan, 169 acres in Augusta on mouth of Cedar Creek on Jackson's River. Patent by Thomas Lee to William Jackson, 270 acres on Jackson's River in Augusta, 1750. Patent by Dunmore to Richard Morris, 1772, 110 acres in Botetourt joining William Jackson. Patent by Brooke to Richard Morris by survey, 19th May, 1794, in Bath on Jackson's River. Patent by Randolph to Richard Morris, assignee of Joseph Walker, assignee of Peter Miller, assignee of Joshua Phipps, assignee of Nicholas Pryor, 141 acres by survey, 28th January, 1786, on Jackson River in Botetourt, 17th April, 1788. Bond 6th October, 1788, by James Risk of Rockbridge to Richard Morris, warrants a tract at mouth of Cedar Creek and Jackson River, formerly belonging to Wm. McCutchan and James Risk, whose heir-at-law James Risk is. Deed 7th November, 1772, by William Jackson of Orange County, No. Ca., to Richard Morris of Botetourt, tract on Jackson's River in Botetourt, formerly Augusta, on Jackson's River. Recorded in Botetourt, 10th November, 1772.
  • Vol. 2 - John Ulrick Spore vs. Wood, &c.--O. S. 181; N. S. 64--Bill 1809. Previous to 1st April, 1755, Christopher Tosher (or Dasher) contracted with James Wood, Wm. Russell and Wm. Green for 200 acres on So. Fork of So. Br. Potomac (now Hardy County) and received a title bond in 1757. On 1st April, 1755, Christopher (Christian) transferred to John States, who died before 22d August, 1772, on which day Ann Willson (formerly Ann States, John's only child, who had married Isaac Wilson) transferred to John Gardner. On 21st November, 1777, Gardner sold to Zacharias Smith, who on 11th September, 1779, sold to Martin Gryder, who on 22d February, 1780, sold to orator. James Wood, William Green, Willm. Russell, Christian Dasher and John Gardner are dead. Wood's heir-at-law is James Woods, living in Virginia, and Dasher's heir is Christian Dasher.


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