Mark Wood

b. 13 May 1752, d. circa 1777
  • Mark Wood was born on 13 May 1752 in Virginia.
  • William and Lydia Wood and their family probably arrived in North Carolina from Virginia about 1756.
  • Court Martial Minutes, Johnston County, North Carolina (21 August 1771): Ordered that Wm. Eason Ithell Eason Wm. Ryall? Jesse Wood . . . & all who Lives with them and on Wm. Wood Esq Place on black Creek that is able to Rais Arms to Muster Under Capt. David Mims.
  • He married ?Sarah? Eason, daughter of William Eason IV and Sarah Bentley, circa 1775.
  • Mark Wood died circa 1777 in Johnston County, North Carolina, Johnston County Court Minutes 1767-1777, page 218.
  • Court Minutes, Johnston County, North Carolina (28 May 1777): Returned into Court by John Wood an account current of the Estate of Marke Wood Des'd ordered that William Avera and John Rand Esquires be appointed to audit & settle the same, who in pursuance thereof returned a balance of £2 14.16.5 due from the said John Wood Executor in his own mony which acct. is ordered to be fild the said John Wood returned an Inventory & account of Sale of the said Estate ordered to be fild also;
         Ordered that John Wood be appointed Guardian to Ashley Wood orphan of Mark Wood Des'd who entered into the Bond & Security to wit: Wm. Wood Senior, Wm. Wood Junior Solomen Wood in the sum of six hundred pounds. Ordered that Elizabeth Eason be allowed twelve pounds for the maintenance & support of Ashley Wood orphan of Mark Wood Des'd sixteen months & that John Wood pay the same.
         Ordered that the following Persons be appointed Constables: John Oliver, Robert Gulley, John Wood, William Wood Jr, Nicholson Lee.
  • Court Minutes, Johnston County, North Carolina (May 1778): John Wood came into Court and Resigned his Guardianship to Ashley Wood Orphan of Mark Wood Desd, whereupon Soloman Wood was appointed Guardian to the said Orphan who entered into a Bond with William Wood Senr. and John Wood his Securitys in the Sum of One thousand pounds for the faithful performance of his Guardianship. Ordered that John Wood be allowed Ten pounds for his Expence in maintain-- Ashley Wood orphan of Mark Wood Desd. heretofore. Issued.
  • Court Minutes, Johnston County, North Carolina (31 May 1779): Solomon Wood Guardian to Ashley Wood orphan of Mark Wood Desd. came into Court and agreed to maintain and support the said orphan for the Interest arising from his Estate.
  • While it first appeared that Elizabeth Eason was the mother of Ashley Wood based on court minutes and Sarah Bentley Eason's will naming him a grandson, it seems more likely that Ashley actually was the son of Solomon Wood's brother Mark and a yet unknown sister (possibly Sarah) of Elizabeth Eason. Solomon and Elizabeth's grandson Campbell Wood wrote in a letter to his sister-in-law Mary Jane LeGrand Wood (July 1894): "Cousin Wood Spaight said [his] Grandfather Ashly Wood was a double first cousin of Pa's. Grandfather and Grandmother Wood raised him from infancy, as both his parents died when he was an infant."
  • Last Edited: 27 May 2016

Family: ?Sarah? Eason b. circa 1755