American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
European and indiginous American fought fierce battles, sometimes called the Indian Wars, as the Europeans expanded their territory.
John Wood was born about 1730.
His wife was named Agnes.
John Wood (1752),
Winifred Wood (1754, married Walter Neal),
Miley Wood (1755),
Elizabeth Wood (married Michael Hyder),
Rachel Wood (1758, married James Scarborough),
Agnes Wood ( 1760),
Richard Wood (1766, married Rachel Cockram, Fannie Brammer, Elizabeth DeHart and Lucendia Via),
Elijah Wood (1769), and
Henry Wood (1772).
John Wood was in the Battle of Point Pleasant. He enlisted on October 10, 1774 from Bedford County, Virginia in Buford's Company.
On May 5, 1778 Jacob Brown sold 673 acres to John Wood for 100£. The land was on the southside of the Nolichucky River near William Clark's line.
Michael Woods and John Woods were on the 1778 Washington County tax list. John's property was valued at 218£ 18 s 8 li.
The first court met February 23, 1778. In 1779 the Legislature of North Carolina laid off Jonesborough as the seat of justice for Washington County. John Woods, Jesse Walton, George Russell, James Stuart and Benjamin Clark were appointed commissioners to lay out and direct its buildings.
John was killed by indigenous warriors around 1780 while making maple syrup in Washington County, Tennessee.
His will was written in Bedford County, Virginia on June 11, 1773. It was probated in Washington County, Tennessee in May, 1780.
In 1780:
Agnes Woods have leave of administration on the estate of John Woods. David Hughes and Peter McName her security.
The Battle of Point Pleasant(Battle of Kanawha) was on October 10, 1774. It was between the Virginia militia and the Shawnee and Mingo. The Shawnee unsuccesfully attempted to halt the militia's advance into the Ohio Valley.
The Nolichucky River flows through Western North Carolina and East Tennessee. It is a tributary of the French Broad River. During the 1770s, European Americans established the "Nolichucky settlements" in what is now Greene County, Tennessee.
