Brief Life History of Lucy
When Lucy Wood was born in 1779, in Virginia, United States, her father, James Wood, was 39 and her mother, Ann Philpott, was 38. She married Elijah Staton on 28 July 1800, in Amherst, Virginia, United States. She died in 1884, in her hometown, at the age of 105, and was buried in Virginia, United States.
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- Lucy Wood, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Lucy Wood in entry for Elijah Staten, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
- Marriage Bonds and Other marriage Records of Amherst County, Virginia, 1763-1800
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1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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