1764 - 1846 (81 years)
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| Name |
Archibald Woods |
| Birth |
14 Nov 1764 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
26 Oct 1846 |
| Created |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Burial |
- findagrave memorial # 75974229
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| Notes |
- Dau Elizabeth R. had a son, called John Woodfin, out of wedlock in 1781 in Greenbrier Co.
The father was an army officer, Archibald Woods. When Woodfins left Greenbrier early in 1783, Woods left for KY, having multiple wives. "John Woodfin," son of Elizabeth, named one of his sons Archibald Woods Woodfin.
John, son of Elizabeth, subsequently lived in that part of Buncombe which became Henderson Co. He married Mary Grady and raised nine children at Mills River in Haywood Co NC. Two of their sons became attorneys: son Nicholas Washington Woodfin "was a brilliant Civil War era lawyer in Buncombe;" Woodfin village, and Woodfin Street in Asheville, are named for him.
Elizabeth was not prosecuted, having left Greenbrier with her brother
Thomas, for Cocke Co TN (then NC). There she married Thomas Abel, a Rev War veteran DAR Records citing Thomas Abel's wife as Katie Woodfin, are incorrect, perhaps attempting to hide the birth of Elizabeth's son John.
Pension Application for Thomas Abel of Haywood Co NC, June 1839, and Affidaits; Will of Thomas Abel, Haywood Co NC Court of Pleas, 29 Aug 1822; Greenbrier Co VA Court Orders of 23 Aug 1783.
Son Thomas & wife Hannah, and Thomas Abel & wife Elizabeth Woodfin, moved to Buncombe Co. c1790-91, from Cocke Co TN where the two families attended the same Baptist Church.
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| Person ID |
96823920 |
robsgenealogy |
| Last Modified |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Katherine Woodfin, b. 07 Mar 1763, ,Hampshire County,Virginia,British Colonial  d. Abt 1856, Haywood County,,,North Carolina,USA (Age 92 years) |
| Created |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F28805677 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Aug 2025 |
