Wood Jones

- 1783

• Name	Wood Jones
  Gender	Male
  Died	1783  [1]
  Person ID	I16148	mytree
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Peter Jones
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Batte
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F5776	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Unity Claiborne
  Married	1746  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Philadelphia Jones  [natural] + 2. Philip Jones,   d. 24 Apr 1789  [natural]   3. Wood Jones, Jr.,   d. Bef Jun 1789  [natural]   4. Mary Jones  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F5775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Wood was recommended to be a justice of Amelia Co., VA, 21 Mar 1740, and qualified on 21 Aug 1740. He qualified to a military commission, 18 Sep 1741; took the oaths as major, 27 Dec 1753; as lieutenant colonel, 24 Jul 1760; and as colonel of militia, 23 Aug 1764; and as County Lieutenant, 22 Mar 1770. He was a member of the House of Burgesses from Amelia Co., VA, 1752-55, and was sheriff of Amelia Co., VA, 1761-62.

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Claiborne of Virginia: The First Eight Generations, John Frederick Dorman, (Name: Baltimore, 1995;), p206.