1.John 0.01 Woodard, Sr. was born 1690 in Isle of Wight Co., Va., and died 1765 in Parish of St. Mary, Edgecombe Co., N.C.. He married Margaret ?-Woodard.
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S: Vol 11, no3, 1989. THE WOODARD FAMILY LINE:
John Woodard. He was born circa 1690 in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia; married Margaret _________; and died in 1765 in the Parish of Saint Mary, Edgecombe County, North Carolina. They were in Isle of Wight county in 1724. The will of Jon Woodard was proven in Edgecombe County, N.C. Court, on July 10, 1765. His will of February 11, 1764, reads:
In the name of God Amen. I John Woodard of the County of Edgecombe and in the Parish of St. Mary being in health at the present, thanks be to Allmighty God for the Same but knowing how many Ways the Life of Man may be Abridged have thought fit to Make, Constitue, and Ordain this to be my last Will and Testament and for What Temporal Estate it hath pleased Almighty God to bestow on Me I dispose of in form and manner following.
Item. I lend to my dear and loving wife, Margaret Woodard, the use of my plantation that I now live on and two negros. Their names is these Cip & Sam. During her widow hood and then the plantation and negro Sam to my son, Elisha Woodard, to him and his heirs for ever.
Item. I give also the Negro Cip to my son, John Woodard, to him and his heirs for ever. I like wise give to my son, John Woodard, one still after my wife deced, to him and his heirs for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter, Mary Lee, one negro wench named Lucy to her and her heirs for ever and I also lend the use of my negro Hannah to my daughter Mary Lee during her life and then my disire is tha margaret Brown, daugther to Mary Lee, to have the said negro to her and her heirs for ever.
Item. I lend the use of two negros, Beck and Sam, to Lenard Langston and Ann, his wife, during their lives and then my desire is that they should be equal divid between my tow grandsaughters, Sarah Langston, and Elisabeth Langston, to them and their heirs for ever.
Item. I lend the use of one negro nam Rose to James Holland and Sarah, his wife, during their lives and then I give the negro Rose to my grandson, John Holland, to him and his heirs for ever.
Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Thams Woodard, one horse called Parrot, and five punds proclamation money to him an dhis heirs for ever.
Item. I lend the use of all the rest of my estate of what nature and quality soever to my well beloved wife Margaret Wodard, during her widowhood and then to be equaliy divided amoung my six children before mentioned. I nominate and appoint my last will and testament revoking all others. In witness where of I have here unto set my hand this 11 day of February, 1765.
Signed, sealed, and delivered John Woodard
In the presence of Us Exr Qualified
Stephen Cobb
James Barnes
John Drew
No deeds for John Woodard in Edgecombe County have been found to date; but the will of his son, Elisha, describes his fathers' plantaion location in 1798: bounded by William Barnes' southwest edge of Edgecombe County. The Great Contentnea Creek divided Edgecombe County from Dobbs county and Johnson County at that time. It sis the present-day Wilson County, N.C. Nothing more has been found regarding his wife, Margaret.
One possible clue as to the origin of John Woodard is followin: On August 15, 1739, Jacob Pope of Edgecombe county sold to Thomas Woodard, of Nansemond County, virginia, for 11 pounds of cash, 275 acres adjoining Cypress Pocosin and the fromer land of Jacob Pope, as by patent, on June 12, 1720. This was witnessed by Robert Coleman and John Sykes. This Thomas Woodard could be a brother or relative of John Woodard, but he was probably too young to be his father. Another deed gives the location of Jacob Pope's lands and a better idea of where Thoams lived. On Marth 3, 1743-44, Grace Woodard was a witness with Robert Coleman and Susanna Coleman to a deed between John Sickes and John Hatcher, both of Edgecombe County, for 170 acres on the north side of Tar River adjoining that of William Pope and the south side os Swift Creek, as by patent to Jacob Pope. The location and use of given names in this deed signify the possibility of the following persons being Thomas Woodard's family from Nansemond Couty: Grace, Moses, James, Daniel, Reuben, and Noah Woodard.
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Children of John Woodard and Margaret ?-Woodard are:
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Elisha 1.02 Woodard, Sr., died 1798.
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John 2.0 Woodard, Jr..
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Mary 3.0 Lee Woodard.
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Ann 4.0 Woodard, died 1788.
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Sarah 5.0 Woodard.
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Thomas 6.0 Woodard, born 1730; died 1791 in Rocky Mount, Nash Co., N.C..
