John Wood Sr

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Source: Compendium of American Genealogy by Virkus
John Wood, of Frederick County, MD, moved to Warren Co.,KY 1799, thense to Wabash Co., IL. 1808, American Revolution, m. Martha Ogle.

Source: Kathy Berigan from"Revolutionary Patriots of Frederick Co., MD 1775-1783" by Peden.
"WOOD, John, Ensign in the 37th Battalion of militia on April 27, 1779, Soldier in the Maryland Line who 'was born November 20, 1754, in Frederick County, Maryland, and lived there until the spring of 1783 when he moved to Berkeley Co., VA for 10 years. He returned to Frederick County for 2 years and then moved to Lexington, KY for 3 years and then moved to Warren Co.,KY for l4 years. In 1809 he moved to Wabash Co.,IL where he applied for a pension on December 3, 1832. His son John Wood signed power of attorney on June 7, 1851 in Wabash Co., stating his father John Wood, SR. had served as an ensign and died on November 11 or 14, 1832, in Wabash Co. Soldier's widow applied for a pension (W2311) on April 21, 1853, in Edwards Co., IL and was still living there in 1868. Soldier married Rachel Greathouse Bratton, the widow of James Bratton, on February 7, 1824, as stated by the widow, on January 27, 1824, as shown in the Edwards Co. records. Soldier's widow had first married to James Bratton on June 11, 1805, in Warren Co., KY and he (James) later served in the War of 1812. On his return from this War of 1812 service he died on April 6, 1815, in Fort Deposit, TN."

Source: Tommy Maples, 502 Sunny Brook Terrace, Apt 938, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, submitter of Tree # 4315, Vol l, Family Tree Maker.
John Wood served about two months under wagon Master John Pierce, appointed Jan 1, 1777, Sergeant in Capt. Phillip Smith's Company, Col. James Johnson's Battalion, Frederick Co. MD. On April 27, 1779 he was commissioned Ensign in Capt. William Carmack's Company, Capt. Jacob Collins' Co., same Battalion. In 1783 Col. Alexander Ogle, father of John Wood's wife Martha, left his daughter 200 acres of land in now Berkeleyu Co., WV. He and his wife are buried in the Wood Cemetery located on his farm. In 1810 he and his neighbors build Fort Wood on his farm, the first fort built in that vicinity. His grave is marked with a U.S Marker placed by the DAR. This cemetery is located near Friendsville, Wabash Co., IL. (Source: Wood Genealogy by Louis Jackman, DAR Library in Wood File.)

  Details of his life include:

• Newspaper article: 5 Jul 1929, MT Carmel, , Illinois.
This piece was in a 1929 edition of the local Mt. Carmel paper.
WOOD, John Ensign Maryland Militia, U. S. Marker

Mt. Carmel Daily Republican Register, July 5, 1929

Tribute was paid yesterday to John Wood, Revolutionary war hero, when a monument at his grave in the old Wood Cemetery was unveiled at services held under the auspices of the local Daughters of the American Revolution chapter.
The services drew a large attendance. Among those attending were many descendants of this pioneer who founded the Wood settlement in Friendsville precinct and established Fort Wood in the early days of the county for protection of the settlers against Indians.
The program proper began at 10 o'clock with a bugle call and salute to the flag, followed by the D.A.R. ritual. The unveiling of the monument was in charge of the boy scouts.
Hon. Lewis Jackman of Vincennes gave an interesting review of early history of the territory and especially of John Wood, the pioneer and soldier, and the Wood family.
Hon. William A. McCauley of Olney, always an interesting and forceful speaker, was present for a patriotic address, and he gave an excellent one.
The program ended with salute and taps. Legion members and U.S.W.V. members participated. The cemetery where the ceremony was held is about a half mile off the main highway on the Paul Newkirk farm on the Friendsville road north of Mount Carmel. The site of the burying ground is in a grove adjacent to a little creek bottoms, and on one side of the cemetery is depression where once the highway ran, its route still plainly visible. The body of Mr. Wood rests near the northeast corner of the burial plot. Many of the old ones are marked by sandstone markers. Chairs had been arranged for the crowd and the ceremony was held within the shady old cemetery.
History recounts that John Wood was an ensign in the Maryland militia. Following the Revolutionary war, he went to Warren County, Kentucky, from where he migrated to what later became Wabash County, Illinois, in the spring of 1809 and there established the Wood settlement and Wood fort. The site of the old fort, between the highway and the Newkirk home was marked yesterday with a flag. This site was perhaps a quarter of a mile from the cemetery. It is also recorded in history that John Wood brought from Kentucky the first apple trees to be planted in Wabash County, thus establishing the famous Wood apple which for generations was a well known fruit in this territory. Mr. Wood was born in 1754 and died in 1834.
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John married Martha Ogle in 1781. (Martha Ogle was born in 1760 and died in 1820.)

John next married Rachel Greathouse, daughter of John Greathouse and Catharina Elissen Haack, on 27 Jan 1824 in , Edwards County, Illinois. (Rachel Greathouse was born about 1785 in , Warren County, Kentucky.)