Richard Woods settled on Woods Creek in 1738 and gave it its name. He was a son of Michael Marion Woods and Mary Margaret CAMPBELL Woods, from Meath, Ireland, who came to America in 1724 with nine sons, three brothers and their families, and a widowed sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. Richard Woods was a sheriff and a very prominent settler in Rockbridge. He seems to have had a brother, Charles, who died in 1761, and three sisters, of whom Martha married Peter Wallace, and Sarah married Joseph Lapsley, Magdalena was the wife of 1)Captain John McDowell, 2)Benjamin Borden, Jr., and 3)General John Bowyer.
Richard married 1)Elizabeth Ann Stuart married 1739, their children are Margaret, Samuel, Benjamin and Elizabeth WOODS Brooks. Richard married 2) Margaret Stuart 1770 and(sister of Elizabeth Ann) , their children are Colonel William Woods b. abt.1778, George Mathew Woods b. abt. 1775, and Richard Woods b. abt. 1785.
Richard was a Colonel during the American Revolution.
DAR Ancestor # A129160
Richard married 1)Elizabeth Ann Stuart married 1739, their children are Margaret, Samuel, Benjamin and Elizabeth WOODS Brooks. Richard married 2) Margaret Stuart 1770 and(sister of Elizabeth Ann) , their children are Colonel William Woods b. abt.1778, George Mathew Woods b. abt. 1775, and Richard Woods b. abt. 1785.
Richard was a Colonel during the American Revolution.
DAR Ancestor # A129160
Richard Woods settled on Woods Creek in 1738 and gave it its name. He was a son of Michael Marion Woods and Mary Margaret CAMPBELL Woods, from Meath, Ireland, who came to America in 1724 with nine sons, three brothers and their families, and a widowed sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace. Richard Woods was a sheriff and a very prominent settler in Rockbridge. He seems to have had a brother, Charles, who died in 1761, and three sisters, of whom Martha married Peter Wallace, and Sarah married Joseph Lapsley, Magdalena was the wife of 1)Captain John McDowell, 2)Benjamin Borden, Jr., and 3)General John Bowyer.
Richard married 1)Elizabeth Ann Stuart married 1739, their children are Margaret, Samuel, Benjamin and Elizabeth WOODS Brooks. Richard married 2) Margaret Stuart 1770 and(sister of Elizabeth Ann) , their children are Colonel William Woods b. abt.1778, George Mathew Woods b. abt. 1775, and Richard Woods b. abt. 1785.
Richard was a Colonel during the American Revolution.
DAR Ancestor # A129160
Richard married 1)Elizabeth Ann Stuart married 1739, their children are Margaret, Samuel, Benjamin and Elizabeth WOODS Brooks. Richard married 2) Margaret Stuart 1770 and(sister of Elizabeth Ann) , their children are Colonel William Woods b. abt.1778, George Mathew Woods b. abt. 1775, and Richard Woods b. abt. 1785.
Richard was a Colonel during the American Revolution.
DAR Ancestor # A129160
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