Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Wood 
Deathbef 20 Nov 1817
ResidenceEssex County, Virginia
FatherCaptain Thomas Wood (<1744-~1815)
MotherCatharine “Catey” Gatewood (<1740->1799)
Documentation
An undated bill of complaint from around 1801 states that Joseph Wood “complains of John Boughan in Custody &c for this that he the said Deft on the Day of October in the year 1800 with Force & Arms entered unlawfully into the House & on the Land of John Chenault of the County of Essex & then & there unlawfully seized & detained a quantity of Corn of the Property of the Plt of the Value of five hundred Dollars, & unlawfully prevented by force of Arms the Plt from taking the same against the Peace of the Commonwealth…” [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 13, item 13-F-54.]
On 18 January 1802, Thomas Wood conveyed property to Joseph Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, items 17-A-60 and 17-A-63.]
On 11 January 1803, Thomas Wood and Joseph Wood bound themselves unto Henley Woodward the sum 282 pounds 14 shillings for a negro Sam. Signed Thos Wood jr, Jos Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 18, item 18-E-23.]
On 24 September 1816, Reuben M. Garnett deposed that on 16 January 1804 as deputy sheriff he held an execution against Joseph Wood for $162.50 and that Capt. Thomas Wood enquired and “said his son had been unfortunate & that he woud [sic] pay the balance if he cou’d have a little time to get the money”. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-56.]
On 21 March 1817, Gabriel Purkins deposed that the land owned (conveyed in 1799) by Catharine Dix, daughter of Thomas Wood and wife of James Dix, would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That the land conveyed by Thos Wood sr to his son Carter called Pine Top would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That Thomas Wood Sr gave to his son Carter 1/2 of a water grist mill called Dunn’s Mill, and that the mill was worth £135. The land given to his son William would be worth 40 shillings per acre, and that the land given to his son Thomas would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That the land on which a water grist mill called Germains Mill stands that was given to Thomas would be worth 45 shillings and acre; this land had been given half to Thomas and half to Joseph, and that Joseph sold his share to Thomas. The deponent knew well the slaves Phill and Sam given to Thomas’s son Thomas and that they were “house joiners and had been brought up to that trade from boyz”. Other land valuations are mentioned. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-39.]
On 25 June 1817, James Webb gave in King and Queen County an affidavit re a bond of Joseph Wood and Thos Wood to Mace Clements of £80 from 18 May 1801 which Mac Clements assigned in part to James Webb. Payments came in 1802 and 1803. “A few days before Jo: Wood went away he came to my house & at his request I gave him a statement of the different claims I held agt him (including the debt aforementioned) & he promised to meet me at Essex court the monday then next ensuing & pay off the whole, which I did not doubt he would do but I never have seen him since. I do not recollect the time when he went away…I wrote a letter to Capt Thos Wood stating the amt due on the aforementioned bond & soon after I saw & conversed with him, in which conversation Capt Thos Wood said that his son Jo: had imposed on him—that he had enquired of him if he had paid that debt to me & was informed by him that he had paid it & Capt Wood said that when Jo: was going away he had given him all that he intended to give him & that he had given him more than any of his other children could get of his estate & that Jo: leaving him to pay that debt would get so much more than he had intended to give him”. Thomas Wood paid off the debt in 1809–1811. The document is partly missing. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-68.]
On 20 November 1817, Essex County court settled a chancery suit concerning the division of the estate of Thomas Wood senior. The estate was divided between Catharine Dix, wife of James Dix, who was Catharine Wood; the heirs of William Wood; the heirs of Carter Wood; the heirs of Thomas Wood Jr.; and the heirs of Joseph Wood. The heirs of William Wood were Henry H. Boughan in right of his wife Julia, James Wood, and Fontaine Wood. The heirs of Carter Wood were William B. Matthews in right of his wife Maria G., John H. Micou in right of his wife Catharine C., and Muscoe Wood. The heirs of Thomas Wood Jr. were George Newman in right of his wife Elizabeth, Edward B. Wood, Philip B. Pendleton in right of his wife Polly, Catharine Wood, Thomas Wood, Rebecca Wood and William Wood. The heirs of Joseph Wood were Norborne Wood and Ophelia Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 43, pages 65–67.]
In December 1817, a division and report of Capt Thomas Wood’s estate was documented. Advancements in real estate to children have been: Catharine Dix, 424.0.0; William Wood, 404.0.0 (later mentions his children); Carter Wood, 632.0.0; Thomas Wood Jr, 972.8.0; Joseph Wood, 634.6.0. Each child should eventually receive an equal £985:18:9-3/4. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 34, item 34-G-24.]
On 18 January 1802, Thomas Wood conveyed property to Joseph Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, items 17-A-60 and 17-A-63.]
On 11 January 1803, Thomas Wood and Joseph Wood bound themselves unto Henley Woodward the sum 282 pounds 14 shillings for a negro Sam. Signed Thos Wood jr, Jos Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 18, item 18-E-23.]
On 24 September 1816, Reuben M. Garnett deposed that on 16 January 1804 as deputy sheriff he held an execution against Joseph Wood for $162.50 and that Capt. Thomas Wood enquired and “said his son had been unfortunate & that he woud [sic] pay the balance if he cou’d have a little time to get the money”. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-56.]
On 21 March 1817, Gabriel Purkins deposed that the land owned (conveyed in 1799) by Catharine Dix, daughter of Thomas Wood and wife of James Dix, would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That the land conveyed by Thos Wood sr to his son Carter called Pine Top would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That Thomas Wood Sr gave to his son Carter 1/2 of a water grist mill called Dunn’s Mill, and that the mill was worth £135. The land given to his son William would be worth 40 shillings per acre, and that the land given to his son Thomas would be worth 40 shillings per acre. That the land on which a water grist mill called Germains Mill stands that was given to Thomas would be worth 45 shillings and acre; this land had been given half to Thomas and half to Joseph, and that Joseph sold his share to Thomas. The deponent knew well the slaves Phill and Sam given to Thomas’s son Thomas and that they were “house joiners and had been brought up to that trade from boyz”. Other land valuations are mentioned. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-39.]
On 25 June 1817, James Webb gave in King and Queen County an affidavit re a bond of Joseph Wood and Thos Wood to Mace Clements of £80 from 18 May 1801 which Mac Clements assigned in part to James Webb. Payments came in 1802 and 1803. “A few days before Jo: Wood went away he came to my house & at his request I gave him a statement of the different claims I held agt him (including the debt aforementioned) & he promised to meet me at Essex court the monday then next ensuing & pay off the whole, which I did not doubt he would do but I never have seen him since. I do not recollect the time when he went away…I wrote a letter to Capt Thos Wood stating the amt due on the aforementioned bond & soon after I saw & conversed with him, in which conversation Capt Thos Wood said that his son Jo: had imposed on him—that he had enquired of him if he had paid that debt to me & was informed by him that he had paid it & Capt Wood said that when Jo: was going away he had given him all that he intended to give him & that he had given him more than any of his other children could get of his estate & that Jo: leaving him to pay that debt would get so much more than he had intended to give him”. Thomas Wood paid off the debt in 1809–1811. The document is partly missing. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 17, item 17-A-68.]
On 20 November 1817, Essex County court settled a chancery suit concerning the division of the estate of Thomas Wood senior. The estate was divided between Catharine Dix, wife of James Dix, who was Catharine Wood; the heirs of William Wood; the heirs of Carter Wood; the heirs of Thomas Wood Jr.; and the heirs of Joseph Wood. The heirs of William Wood were Henry H. Boughan in right of his wife Julia, James Wood, and Fontaine Wood. The heirs of Carter Wood were William B. Matthews in right of his wife Maria G., John H. Micou in right of his wife Catharine C., and Muscoe Wood. The heirs of Thomas Wood Jr. were George Newman in right of his wife Elizabeth, Edward B. Wood, Philip B. Pendleton in right of his wife Polly, Catharine Wood, Thomas Wood, Rebecca Wood and William Wood. The heirs of Joseph Wood were Norborne Wood and Ophelia Wood. [Essex County, Virginia, Order Book 43, pages 65–67.]
In December 1817, a division and report of Capt Thomas Wood’s estate was documented. Advancements in real estate to children have been: Catharine Dix, 424.0.0; William Wood, 404.0.0 (later mentions his children); Carter Wood, 632.0.0; Thomas Wood Jr, 972.8.0; Joseph Wood, 634.6.0. Each child should eventually receive an equal £985:18:9-3/4. [Essex County, Virginia, Box Chancery No. 34, item 34-G-24.]