Minnie Woods

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Name: Jefferson Davis Woods
Gender: Male
Burial Date: 28 Apr 1945
Burial Place: Van Zandt Co, Tx
Death Date: 27 Apr 1945
Death Place: Edgewood, Van Zandt, Tx
Age: 83
Birth Date: 04 Mar 1863
Birthplace: Texas
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: A. J. Woods
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Name: Eliza Curtis
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B00013-4
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1763262
Reference Number: v 5 p 453
Collection: Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1973

Barbara Yancey Dore indicates he was married multiple times.


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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, Many Town
Enumerated 1 Jun 1900
SD 4 ED 91 Sheet 7A
San Antonio Avenue
8-8
Woods, Jefferson D Head M W Jan 1865 35 Wd 17 Tx Tx Ala Salesman
Woods, Myrtle Dtr W F Apr 1883 17 S La Tx La
Woods, Allen Son W M Jan 1887 12 S Tx Tx La
Woods, Fay Dtr W F May 1891 9 S Tx Tx La
Woods, Ruby Dtr W F Jun 1894 5 S Tx Tx La
Woods, Minnie Dtr W F Dec 1898 2 S La Tx La
Montgomery, Vann D Jan 1875 25 S La La Miss Printer
9-9
Woods, Harry S Head W M Sept 1861 38 M Mich England Scotland Buther
Woods, Minna Wf W F Aug 1864 36 M 4/4 England Canada Canada 1867 32 Na

Jefferson married Maude Blanche Montgomery about 1882. Maude (daughter of Adoniram Judson Montgomery and Laura Georgetta Mabry) was born about 1864 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The son of John Woods and brother of Seborn. They moved to Texas in 1840, and settled in Newton County. Allen helped to organize the Sardis Baptist Church in Burkville and became a deacon and clerk for the rest of his life. His name is on the Muster Roll in 1862, of Company H, 13th (Burnett's) Tex. Cav. At the time he was 58 years old. (White and Toole, p 32). They show his date of birth as 15 Feb 1804 in Mississippi, and date of death as 31 July 1887. Their date of birth does not fit with census records. Barbara S. Wright, on her website, posted: "He came to Texas in 1840 with his brother Seborn Woods. He had 12 children by first marriage. His name is on the muster roll in 1862 of Company B,13Yh (Burnett's) Texas Calvery Woods, were privates. There are more Woodses in Newton County ,than any other name. The McMahons had the largest connection, but they came from eight different children,while the Woods came from only two heads. The Woods family is not only one of the largest families in the county ,but they are also one of the most useful and respected. The Woodses are mostly Baptist. He is buried in the Woods Cemetery , near Burkeville, Newton Co. Tx. "

FindAGrave lists his full name as William Allen Woods, but it appears only Allen is engraved on his tombstone, which also shows he was "aged 73 Ys 6 Ms & 16 Ds."

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Census Listings:

1870 Census
Newton Co. Texas
Roll M593_1600
page 122 image 243
Allen Wood 56 born TN Farmer
Eliza 35 born Louisiana
Madison 21 blacksmith born Louisiana
Louisa 12
Eveline 10
Jefferson 8
Willis 6
Allen 5
Lou 4
Columbus 1

(Courtesy of Sandra Iglesia)

Allen married Eliza Curtis before 1850. Eliza was born on 11 Mar 1835 in Louisiana; died on 17 Dec 1914; was buried in Woods Cemetery, Burkeville, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He appears to have been named in honor of Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), a prominent Baptist Missionary to Burma

Enlisted in the CSA with his brother Theodore Wall in New Orleans in 1862. After the fall of New Orleans they transferred to Co. B., 17th Louisiana Infantry. A.J. was captured and paroled in the Siege of Vicksburg in Mississippi. He was paroled at Natchitoches at the close of the war. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

Adoniram married Laura Georgetta Mabry on 24 Jun 1863 in Hinds County, Mississippi. Laura was born about 1841 in Mississippi; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They had at least 3 children. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 83).

Notes:

A Joseph Montgomery was listed on the 1816 census in Adams County, Mississippi and on the 1818 Tax list for the same, later moving to the Neutral Strip-Negreet. He claimed lands in Sabine Parish in early 1820's cort in Natchitoches, La. However, he is listed as owning land as early as 1805 and being one of the settlers on the Rio Hondo lands. He was a private in the 12th and 13th consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Militia during the War of 1812. He was listed as owning 6 or more slaves in 1861. According to Lona Mae Duggan Gordon, Joseph lived in a double pen house. Usually constructed of Pine logs, there were one or more rooms in two separate enclosures under one roof. When first arriving in Sabine Parish, there were many bears that often would attack livestock, so Joseph brought the livestock into the cabin penned in a corner by the chimney for protection.

Joseph Turner Montgomery, Lavinia Montgomery, and Nancy Morris all have their names on a bronze plaque beside the door of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Negreet which states, "On the third Sunday in December, Anno Domino, 1826, Zion Hill Church was constituted by the following Presbytery to wit: William Cook and James Martin." The land the church was built on was donated by Joseph. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 82-83).

The History of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (author John Belisle, The Sabien Banner Press, 1912) states that "in 1860 the white population of Sabine Parish numbers about four thousant, and there were less than two thousand slaves. There were few really wealthy people in the parish, and many owned not more than one of two slaves. the owners of six or more in 1861 included Joseph F. Montgomery.

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At the time of the 1870 census enumeration, Joseph T. Montgomery, age 105, was living with his son and daughter-in-law, A J and Laura Mongomery, in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. He was shown as born ca 1865 in Mississippi.

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Census Information:


1860 Census
Louisiana, Sabine Parish, P. O. Many
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Page 35
248-248
J. T. Montgomery 91 M Farmer 22000 4000 Miss
Levina Montgomery 66 F SC
A. D. Montgomery 24 M --- 270 La
Mary B. Montgomery 22 F La
Elizabeth L. Montgomery 11 F La
Julia T. Montgomery 9 F La
Adelaid Montgomery 6 F La

Joseph married Lavinia Wall on 30 Sep 1819 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Lavinia (daughter of ??? Wall and Nancy Stroud) was born on 29 Jun 1797 in South Carolina; died on 16 Dec 1863 in Negreet, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They had eight children.