Georgia                )                  This Indenture made this Seventeenth of
Morgan County )                   Oct^r 1814 in the year of our Lord  the date
above written and the thirty ninth year o
American Independence Between W^m Evans of the one
part and Rob^t Woodard of the other part both of the State
& County afors^d. Witnessth that the Said William Evans
for and in Consideration of the Sum of Two hundred fifty
dollars to him paid the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowled ₌
ged hath bargained & Sold unto S^d Rob^t Woodard a Certain
parcel of Land lying on the waters of little River & in the Cou₌
nty of Morgan Containing fifty acres being part of lot N^o 10
and in the nineteenth district and Bounded as follows begini₌

ng at the formal Corner Stake ____?___ & running 980 poles
North East to a Lightwood Corner Stake and from thence 90 poles
north west to a post oak Stake Corner and from thence run₌
ning Southwest 90 poles to an ash Corner Stake and from thence
running South East to the beginning Corner. To have & to hold
the Said Land & Premises with every previlege or interest there
to Belonging or in any wise appataining to the only proper
use Benefit & Behoof of the Said Rob^t Woodard his heirs
& assigns forever in fee Simple & the S^d W^m Evans doth
hereby Bind himself his heirs Executors an administrators
forever well & truly to warrant & defend a good ___?___

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Sufficient Right and title to the S^d Land & premises Its
every privilege or members thereto belonging or in wise apperta₌
ining to the Said Rob^t Woodward his heirs or assigns against the
claims and us___?___ of every person whomsoever having or
pretending to have any rights in trust or Claims to the Said prem₌
ises or any part thereof. Ratified & done Signed Sealed &
delivered the day and date above written_____
in presence of ____               )                 W^m Evans  {Seal}
his                                    )
W^m    X    Stone                       )                  Recorded 5^th July 1816___
mark                                   )
Samuel S Simmon                  )                  John Nesbit  CLK

The Civil War pension record of my Great-grandfather, Daniel R. Woodward, made it clear that he had been injured during the Civil War—not in battle, but when he fell over a stump in camp.^[1]

Records of Union soldiers who had been hospitalized during the Civil War were compiled onto cards from original records such as hospital registers, rolls, reports, and records relating to medical treatment. The resulting “Carded Medical Records” generally contain data that includes name; rank; organization; complaint; and date of admittance.[2]  The cards are arranged by state and thereunder by regiment.

The Carded Medical Records of the 16th Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers were located for the following Woodwards.

1. Daniel R. Woodward, Pvt., Co. E; Admitted Mch 6, 1863 to Regimental Hospital, 16 New Hampshire Infantry; and sent to G.H. Charity Mc 3; Source:NH Regt’l Reg. No. 123, Hos. No. [blank]; page 13.

2. Daniel R. Woodward, P, Co. E, 16 Reg’t NH; Admitted Mar 6, 1863 to Charity U.S. Gen’l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Diagnosis: Chronic disease of ankle joint; Disch’d from service May 8, 1863; age 29; Nativity, Merrimack Co., NH; Source:[La Reg. No. 23; Hos. No. [blank]; page 134.

3. T.N. Woodward, Pt, Co. I, 16 Reg’t NH Vol; complaint, Febris Typhoid; Admitted June 14th, 1863, to St. James U.S. Gen’l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Disch’d from service, Aug 1st, 1863; Remarks: By reason of expiration of terms of Service; Ward 4; Source: La. Reg. No. 10; Hos. No. 4082; page [blank].

4. Daniel E. Woodward, Co. I, 16th Reg’t NH; Complaint: Feb Typhoid; Admitted Feby 6, 1863 to Marine, U.S.A. Gen’l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Ret’d to duty, April 3, 1863; Ward H; Source: La. Reg. No. 27; No. 1964; page [blank].

5. Daniel E. Woodward, Corp., Co. I, 16th Reg’t NH; complaint: Chronic Diarrhea fol Typhoid Fever; Admitted May 19, 1963 to U.S.A. Conval Gen’l Hosp. (Barracks,), Baton Rouge, La.; Ret’d to duty July 19, 1863; Source: La. Reg. No. 128, Hos. No. 17, page 44

6. D.E. Woodward, Pvt. Co. I, 16 Reg’t NH Infantry; Complaint, Febris; Admitted: Jan 28, 1863 to Regimental Hospital 16 New Hampshire Infantry; Sent to G.H. Feb 6, 1863; Source: NH Regt’l Reg. No. 123; Hos. No. [blank], page 7

7. T.N. Woodward, Pt, Co. I, 16 Reg’t NH Vol; Complaint: Febris Typhoid; Admitted June 14th, 1862 to St. James U.S.A. Gen’l Hosp., New Orleans, La.; Disch’d from service, Aug 1st, 1863; Remarks: By reason of expiration of terms of service; Ward 4; Source: La. Reg. No.  10; Hos. No. 6082; page [blank]

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 This tombstone was located and photographed by Kathryn Hopkins in the Greer Cemetery in Bedford County, Tennessee, on 10 March 2012.

The tombstone reads:

Nancy M.
Daughter of
Wm Woodward
and wife of
John W. Greer
Born
Apr. 30, 1819.
Died
March 12, 1883.

     An affectionate wife, a kind step-
mother, a christian woman.
We loved Him because He first
loved us.   John. 18.19.

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1850. 9 November. The family of Ephrum Woodard was enumerated in Cass County, Georgia.[1] The household consisted of Ephrum Woodard, age 39, farmer; Eliza Woodard, age 37; Washington Woodard, 17; Burbage Woodard, 16; Nancy E. Woodard, 13; Mary A. Woodard, 11; Eloner Woodard, 9; Franklin Woodard, 7; John W. Woodard, 4; Sarah Woodard, 1; and Abigail Kirthen[?]/Kirthland[?], 69. All family remembers were recorded with the birth place South Carolina. The family of Porter Dempsy, age 40 , ten family members (not enumerated here) were residing in the same structure.

1851. Ephraim Woodward of the 1056^th Georgia Militia District, Gordon County, Georgia, paid taxes on 160 acres of land (80 acres 2^nd quality and 80 acres 3^rd quality) in the 6^th District, 3^rd Section of original. Cherokee County (now Gordon). In addition he paid a tax for 1 poll.[2]

1854. 20 November. Gordon County, Georgia[3]. David G King sold to Ephraim Woodward, both of Gordon County, for consideration of one thousand dollars, the parcel of land situated in the sixth district, third section of Cherokee County (now Gordon County), known as lot 225 containing 160 acres more or less. The deed signed by David G King and witnessed by William Capehart and AB King

1854. E. Woodward of the 1056^th Georgia Militia District of Gordon County, paid taxes on two tracts of land: 1) 160 areas described as lot 223 in the 6^th District, 3^rd Section; and 2) 60 acres of lot 225, 6^th District, 3^rd Section; and 1 poll. That same year W.K[?] Woodward paid taxes for 100 acres of lot 225, 6^th District, 3^rd Section, and 1 poll.[4] It appears that Ephraim gave or sold 100 of his 160-acre lot (#225) to W.K.

1860. An Ephraim Woodward and his family were enumerated in Sonora, Gordon County. [5] The household was enumerated as Ephraim Woodward, 46, farmer; Mary A. Woodward, 39, domestic; Mary Woodward, 21, domestic; Wesley Woodward, 14; Cassandra A. Woodward, 3; Frank P. Meadows, 7; and Penelope C. Meadows, 4. All family members, except Cassandra were born in South Carolina. The demographics of his family do not appear to match up with the family of Ephrum Woodard enumerated in Cass County in 1850.

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John M. Woodward

National Archives micropubliation M2113 holds applications for military headstone fro 1941–1949. Microfilm images for Woodards (reel 273) and Woodwards (reel 274) were scanned at the National Archives in Washington in March 2011. The images are now available Online at the Woodwards WeSearch website.

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Source: West Woodard, Loose Headright Warrant, 3 December 1804, Burke  County, Georgia; Georgia Archives manuscript collection.

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When the U.S. entered World War II, a new selective service act was passed requiring all men between ages of 18 and 65. The “Fourth Registration,” conducted on 27 April is commonly called the “Old Man’s Draft.” Men who were born between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 (ages 45 to 64 years of age) were required to register if they were not already serving in the military.

Unfortunately all of the registration cards for the “Fourth Registration” have not survived. Those for the Southeastern United States have been destroyed. For other regions of the United States many have survived and are generally located in the National Archives regional facility servicing a particular state. Fortunately, many of the cards have been microfilmed.

The following images were scanned from microfilm at the National Archives at Washington.

Law libraries contain a large variety of resources including federal code and acts of Congress; state codes and session laws; case reporters; digests; and legal periodicals and indexes. It is common for the library to emphasis a particular geographical region and their collection will not contain every volume for every state. Some state archives will also have state code, digests, and reports for that particular location.

Work  in law libraries is enhanced when one has access to any of the following Online databases: WestlawPro, LexisNexis, and HeinOnline.

I’ve had the good fortune of taking the Government Documents class at the Institute of Genealogical and Historical Research at Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama. Part of our studies included exercises to help us become acquainted with the Lucille Stewart Beeson Law Library. While browsing through the Reports of Cases in Law and Equity Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Atlanta, March Term: Milledgeville and Athens, May Terms, Savannah and Part of the Decisions at Macon, June Terms, 1858 [Columbus Georgia: 1859], I finally found the evidence I needed to demonstrate that Aaron Woodward was the father of a daughter, Sarah (“Collie”). I had hypothesized that Sarah was his daughter when I located her marriage record to Thomas McClendon in Jackson County, Georgia, on 4 April 1819 [Jackson County, Georgia, Marriages, 1805–1861, p. 120].  Aaron was residing in Jackson County at the time and was the only logical male to have been her father, but I’d not been able to locate any record showing a connection between the two.

In the summary of the court case heard by the Supreme Court of Georgia (appellate court) demonstrated that the plaintiff wished to have the decision of a lower court (Butts County Equity Court) overturned. The Plaintiffs were Thomas McLendon, his wife and others, heirs and distributes of Aaron Woodward, deceased, late of Butts County. The Defendants were William J Woodward, administrator of  said deceased, and Newdigate H. Woodward, Robert Woodward, and Aaron Woodward, sons and heirs at law of intestate. The summary of the case as it appears in the Reports of Cases in Law and Equity is available in PDF form on the Woodwards WeSearch website.

As with any published source, researchers should always try to get as close to the original record as possible. In this instance the actual case files were located at the Georgia Archives in Supreme Court Cases, Pre-1917. The case, McLendon vs. Woodward consisted of 105 folios

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