Brief Life History of Jonathan
When Jonathan Woods was born on 30 August 1777, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Abijah Woods, was 31 and his mother, Mary Jane Moreson, was 30. He married Hopestill Jane Morris about 1799, in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 12 August 1858, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Jonathan Woods - Government record: Death record or certificate
- Jonathan Wood in entry for Isaac M Wood and Sarah F Baskett, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Jonathan Wood in entry for Isaac M Wood and Sarah F Baskett, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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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.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
"In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow """"rock"""" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the """"rock"""" was a gold nugget."
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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