At long last, and thanks to records sent to me by Freda Stephenson, Jan Lawson, Jo Woodward, Donna Boots, J Gary Woodward, "Woody" Woodward, and John Grubbs and various other records posted on the web, we now have records that place James Woodward and Richard Woodward, the vanished sons of Christopher Woodward, on the TN/KY line shortly before 1810. Although I had some records of my own, this has been a joint effort. I could never have made this connection without the records contributed by the others. Work is just beginning to try to prove James and Richard's descendants. This is what we have so far. If you can add records that relate or if you can connect your line to James or Richard Woodward, please email me, Frances "Cookie" Cullom Harper, or send me snail mail at 14 Paul Beck Rd, Lexington, NC 27292. If I know someone who is working on your particular branch of the family, I'll be glad to refer you to them. I am NOT trying to trace these lines down to the present. I am only trying to present enough in the way of early records for descendants to recognize their families and make a connection. If this is your family, make sure you pick up on the research for Richard and James's father, Christopher Woodward, and the research that's been done to try to determine his ancestry. There are also scans of original wills, Revolutionary War vouchers, old letters, etc that you might like to collect.
 

Logan Co. Ky Deed Bk B pg 85   Deed Abstracts 1792-1813
Indenture 27 Feb 1807 Amos West and wife Frances West, one part and Morrel Utley other part, tract on head branches of Spring Creek Waters of Red River, being 200 acres.
Wit. Richard Wilkins, James Woodward

Logan Co. Ky Deed Bk G  pg 112   Deed Abstracts 1813-1819
Indenture 18 Aug 1818. John Neely Jr and Charles Neely, latter of Crawford Co Ill Territory. $448.28, 194 acres patented 29 Jul. 1815 being on Red River, beginning on Stateline and adj. to lands of William Leaten & James Woodward.

From this we know that James Woodward and Merrill Utley, brothers-in-law from Wake Co, NC, were in KY by 1807. And - unless the later deed is referring to old lines - James Woodward still held land in Logan Co as late as 1818. Simpson Co was formed from the eastern part of Logan Co the next year. Merrill Utley's land was located in the part of Logan that became Simpson, so a later deed for the sale of James Woodward's land might be found in Simpson too. James Woodward's first wife was Elizabeth Utley of Wake Co, NC, sister to Merrill Utley, both children of Jacob Utley and Phoebe (Sanders?). Pleasants Woodward, older brother to James and Richard, had married Winifred Utley, sister to Merrill and Elizabeth. So the Utley and Woodward ties were still strong strong even though Elizabeth Utley Woodward and Winifred Utley Woodward had both died by 1804 when their mother Phoebe Utley wrote her will naming sons-in-law Pleasant Woodward and James Woodward instead of her daughters.

Merrill Utley actually left a Logan Co, KY record as early as 1805, and it's quite possible that Merrill Utley and James Woodward went to KY together - I suspect they did - but our earliest record for James in KY is the 1807 deed.

VIII GRANTS SOUTH OF WALKER'S LINE (1825-1923)THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 949
Utley, Merrell
        Acres:  200     Book:   10
        Survey Date:    6-22-1805       County: Logan
        WaterCourse:    Red R   Page:
        Township:               Range:
        Reference:      THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1Part 1 CHAPTER IV GRANTS SOUTH OF GREEN RIVER (1797-1866) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 425.

Notice that this record mentions the Red River which meanders through both Logan Co, KY and Robertson Co, TN to the south. The 1818 Logan Co deed that mentioned James Woodward's adjoining land referred to the Red River and the state line (TN/KY). We do not yet have the record that proves how or when James Woodward acquired this land - or how he disposed of it. But certainly James Woodward and Merrill Utley must have held land near each other on the Red River in Logan Co.

The 1810 Logan Co census listed:
James Woodward  2 1 0 1 1 - 2 1 0 1 0 - 0 0 (p 175)
(2M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 25-44, 1M 45+, 2F 0-9, 1F 10-15, 1F 26-44)
Murrel Utley  1 1 0 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 - 0 4 (p 166)
(1M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 26-44, 1M 45+, 2F 0-9, 1F 10-15, 1F 16-25, 1F 26-44, 1F 45+)

Utley research states that Merrill Utley was b Aug 5, 1777 (I don't know the source or reliability of this date) which means he was 33 or 34 when this census was taken. He and Winifred Matthews were married Dec 8, 1800 (the record gave her name as Winifred Jones), so his 1810 census should not reflect any children over age 10. Merrill and his wife were certainly in the 26-44 group and the three children under 10 were probably his. Who were the others?

Merrill's children are given by Utley research as
Ditty Utley b 1802 Wake Co, NC
Tolly Utley b 1803 Wake Co, NC
Sally Utley b 1806 Logan Co, KY
Gabriel Utley b 1809 Logan Co, KY
Elizabeth Utley b 1811 Logan Co, KY
Jacob Utley b 1813 Logan Co, KY
Winnifred Utley b 1816 Logan Co, KY
William Washington Utley b 1818 Simpson Co, KY
Phoebe Sanders Utley b 1822 Logan Co, KY

Simpson Co was formed from Logan, Warren, and Allen Counties in 1819, and Merrill Utley's land is said to have been in the part of Logan that became Simpson, so James Woodward's land might have been too. Simpson lies to the east of Logan on the TN/KY line. Probably William Washington Utley was actually born in Logan Co since Simpson Co had not been created at the time of his birth. Shortly after 1818, Merrill Utley acquired a grant in the Jackson Purchase in what is now Marshall Co - but at that time was Caldwell Co. But it didn't stay Caldwell for long. Hickman Co was formed from Caldwell and Livingston in 1821. Calloway Co was formed from Hickman Co in 1822. Important because any of those counties might have Woodward or Utley records. Merrill Utley apparently moved his family to the new land shortly after William Washington Woodward's birth as his family was listed on the Caldwell Co census in 1820. By 1823, his family's records reflected Calloway Co. He didn't move - his land just lay in the part of Caldwell Co that evolved through all those changes and eventually became Calloway Co. So Merrill Utley's daughter Phoebe Sanders Utley must have been born in either Hickman or Calloway - but surely not Logan. Petty points in some ways, but important when you need to know which county might provide the records you need for any particular period of time.

James Woodward's 1800 census in Wake Co listed 1M 26-45, 1F 0-10, 1F 26-45. Since James married in December of 1799, the daughter must have just been born when the census was taken, and his wife was probably still Elizabeth Utley. But Elizabeth Utley Woodward was dead by 1804, so James's 1810 Logan Co census probably reflects a new wife and possibly additional children by either Elizabeth Utley and/or the second wife. James's 1810 census lists an extra male 45+ in his household and two children over the age of 10. The female age 10-16 might have been his daughter by Elizabeth Utley, but who was the male age 10-16? Did James marry a widow with children and her father was living with them? Or perhaps the unexplained older male and younger male were hired help or his wife's father and younger brother. There are all kinds of possibilities, but no records to prove them.

By 1820, Merrill Utley had acquired land in the Jackson Purchase and both families had moved to Caldwell Co, KY. Merrill's brother Jacob Utley Jr and wife Scythia/Sytha Jones had joined them from Wake Co. All three families were listed on p 57:

1820 Caldwell Co, KY
Merrill Utley p 57
1 1 0 0 1 0 - 1 1 0 1 1 - 0 3
1M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 26-44, 1F 0-9, 1F 10-15, 1F 26-44, 1F 45+, 3 slaves
By 1818, Merrill's wife was Elizabeth Woodward. She was certainly the female 26-45. If Merrill's DOB is correct, he would have been 43, so he should be the male 26-44. Although he had 8 children by this time, only 4 seem to be reflected by this census. Who was the F 45+?

listed right after Merrill:
Jacob Utley p 57
0 1 0 0 0 1 - 0 1 2 1 0 - 0 1
1M 10-15, 1M 45+, 1F 10-15, 2F 16-25, 1F 26-44, 1 slave

five more entries, then
James Woodard p 57
0 1 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 3 1 0 - 0 1
1M 10-15, 1M 45+, 1F 0-9, 1F 10-15, 3F 16-25, 1F 26-44, 1 slave

This census indicates James was born by 1775 which agrees with the late 1760's date I would have expected from the Wake Co records. Of the three male children reflected by the 1810 census (2M 0-9, 1M 10-15 in 1810), only one remains. Where the 1810 census reflected 3 female children (2F 0-9, 1F 10-15 in 1810), the 1820 census seems to reflect all three plus another, as well as a female born since the 1810 census.

The Matthews/Jones family was also closely interwoven with the Woodwards and Utleys who moved to Kentucky. Christopher Woodward, the father of James and Richard, was bondsman for the marriage of  Mary Matthews and William Jones in Wake Co on Feb 15, 1783. William Jones left his will in Wake Co dated March 7, 1800, recorded May 1, 1800. He named wife Mary, her children Winifred Matthews & Reddick Matthews and their children Sytha Jones, Young Jones, Etheldred Jones, and Anderson Jones. Extrs Samuel Northington, Andrew Peddy, Jacob Roland; wits Lewis Bledsoe, David Jones, Lewis Jones.

This will by itself leaves the impression that Mary was previously married to a Mr Matthews and Winifred Matthews and Reddick Matthews were children by that marriage. But the following record posted by Lori Addison proves something very different:

Divorces & Separations from Petitions to the North Carolina General Assembly from 1779.

MATTHEWS, Mabel and husband, Reddick. Petition of Mabel MATTHEWS of Wake County sheweth that about   three years past she intermarried with Reddick MATTHEWS of said county, commonly known by the name of Reddick JONES, he being an illegitimate son of William JONES, deceased, of same county. At the time of her marriage with said Reddick, your petitioner had acquired a small portion of property through her own industry. Within a very short time after her said marriage, said Reddick had squandered all the property she had and even broke open her chest to procure what money she had concealed therein to prevent him entirely reducing her to beggary - all of which he spent in Drinking & Rioting, in which dissipated course he continued until having contracted debts, he finally absconded and is now living in Tennessee or some other part of the western country. Your petitioner further states that whatever she can now acquire is continually taken from her to pay the debts of her said husband, contracted before his departure.” She prays an act to secure her in such property as she may hereafter acquire. (GASR Nov.-Dec. 1807, Box 3: folder “Petitions-Divorce, etc.”.) Committee of Divorce and Alimony, to whom the petition of Mabel MATTHEWS was referred, are of opinion that the clemency of the Legislature ought to be extended to [her] relief and recommend the bill be passed. (GASR Nov.-Dec. 1807, Box 2 folder “SCR”.) Bill to secure persons therein mentioned such property as they may hereafter acquire: Mabel MATTHEWS of Wake County, wife of Reddick . . . Read third time and passed. (GASR Nov.-Dec. 1807, Box 2: folder “SB 10 Dec.”.) Published in N. C. Laws, 1807, p. 39.

Reddick Jones m Mavel Wiggins 9/4/1804 Wake Co, NC, Jesse Jones & Wm Utley bm.

Merrill Utley married as his first wife Winifred Matthews/Jones, daughter of Mary Matthews (and William Jones?), on Dec 8, 1800 in Wake Co. The marriage record gave her name as Winifred Jones rather than Matthews. (Her brother Reddick Matthews also used the name Jones when he married.) Merrill Utley's brother, Jacob Utley Jr, married Winifred Matthews/Jones's younger sister, Scythia Jones, on March 29, 1805 in Wake Co. Jacob and Merrill's older sister, Winifred Utley, had married Pleasants Woodward, older brother to James and Richard Woodward, on March 6, 1786. Pleasants Woodward and Winifred Utley were the parents of Winifred Woodward who married Etheldred Jones, brother to Reddick Matthews/Jones, Sytha/Scythia Jones, and Winifred Matthews/Jones, on Feb 28, 1818 in Wake Co. Jacob Utley Jr definitely did not come to KY with James Woodward and Merrill Utley prior to 1810, although he did join them later. James Woodward sold his land in Wake Co to his brother Jacob Utley with two deeds dated 16 Jan 1809 and 19 Jan 1809, so it would seem that Jacob had no intention of moving to KY at that time. I don't know if Reddick Matthews/Jones moved to the part of TN/KY where the Woodwards and Utleys were living or not. It certainly sounds possible, but I haven't run across records for him there.

Merrill Utley's wife, Winifred Matthews/Jones, died at some time prior to 1818, and he married a second time to an Elizabeth Woodward. The date of Winifred's death and Merrill's remarriage has not been determined, but we do know a child was born by his second marriage to Elizabeth Woodward in 1818. I have seen a posting that claimed that the marriage occurred in 1812, but the same posting was asking for documentation for this date, so I don't know that there is any basis for this.

Notice that the article below was written in 1904 when William Washington Woodward's widow Sallie Ann Holland Utley and her son Newton W Utley were both still living and available to provide information for this biography. Surely if either of them were consulted before this article was written, Sallie Ann Holland would have known the name of her mother-in-law, and Newton W Utley would have known the name of his grandmother.

Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 515-520

HON. NEWTON W. UTLEY.  Kentucky has ever been distinguished for the marked ability of the representatives of her bench and bar.  In the early days of the republic her sons left their impress upon the judicial history of the nation, and since that time they have figured conspicuously in public affairs as well as representatives of the great profession which stands as the stern conservator of justice and right. Winning fame at this bar where so many distinguished men have practiced, Hon. Newton Willard Utley has already exerted an influence upon the life of the state that will be felt for all time, and has engraved his name indelibly on the pages of its annals in connection with service that has been prompted by the most unfaltering loyalty and devotion to the best interests of the common wealth.

Born upon a farm in Marshall county, Kentucky, May 12, 1860, he has spent almost his entire life in this state and now makes his home in Eddyville.  His parents were William Washington and Sallie Ann (Holland) Utley.  His paternal grandparents were Merrill and Elizabeth (Woodward) Utley, both natives of North Carolina, and the progenitor of the family in America was an Englishman who came to the colony of Virginia with the Jamestown settlers.  It was about 1820 when Merrill Utley removed to Kentucky, locating in what is now Marshall county, where he entered from the government a tract of land that still remains in possession of the family, being now owned by our subject and occupied by his mother, who has occupied the same house for over sixty years.

William W. Utley was born in North Carolina in 1818, and was therefore quite young when brought by his parents to this state, where his remaining days were passed.  After reaching mature years he wedded Miss Sallie Ann Holland, who was born in Lyon county, Kentucky, in 1820, a daughter of John and Catherine (Parrent) Holland, representatives of old Kentucky families.  Her father was one of the pioneer settlers on the Jackson Purchase, and one of the first members of the Methodist church of that locality.  He assisted in organizing a church of that denomination at his own home, and his residence was the meeting place of the congregation for several years.  He lived to pass the age of four score years, and he had five sons, all of whom are yet living with one exception.  The daughter became Mrs. W. W. Utley and the mother of our subject.  At the time of his marriage the father took his bride to the old family homestead in Marshall county, and there he carried on farming throughout the remainder of his days.  To him and his wife were born nine children.  Mr. Utley belonged to the Baptist church, and his wife has been a life-long member of the Methodist church.  He died on the old homestead in 1878, and there she still resides, a venerable lady who has the highest respect of all who know her.

Newton W. Utley was reared upon a farm in his native county, and was educated in the district schools until such a time as he provided for himself better educational privileges.  His own labor supplied him with the means which enabled him to enter Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tennessee, and he found it necessary to work upon the grounds of the institution at night in order to secure the necessary text books.  The elemental strength of his character was thus manifested. Necessity is the great spur to labor, and when supplemented by a laudable ambition forms the sure foundation upon which to build success.  He not only continued his course to graduation, but won the three honors of his class, thus making a record which has hardly been equaled in the history of the first institution of learning in the south.

In 1880, immediately following his graduation, Mr. Utley entered the ministry, and was sent by the Methodist Episcopal church, South, to Japan, to enter the mission field.  He entered upon what was known as a self-sustaining mission; that is, there was no support provided for him by the church.  He labored there untiringly in the interest of the church, and his efforts were far-reaching, bringing to the people of that field the benefits of the gospel and of faith in Christianity.  In 1890 he had married Miss Mary S. Childers, of Eddyville, Kentucky, and while they were residing in Japan two of their children were born; Newton Willard and Francis Stacker, while since their return Merrill Holland, born in Eddyville, has been added to the family.

Because of the continued ill health of his wife, Mr. Utley left the mission field and returned to his native land, taking up his residence in Eddyville in 1896.  He now turned his attention to the law, which he had studied previous to pursuing his university course, and in 1897 he was admitted to the bar, since which time he has risen to a position of distinction among the ablest lawyers of the state.  His preparation of cases is most thorough and exhaustive; he seems almost intuitively to grasp the strong points of law and fact, while in his briefs and arguments the authorities are cited so extensively and the facts and reasoning thereon are presented so cogently and unanswerably as to leave no doubt as to the correctness of his position or his conclusions.  No detail seems to escape him; every point is given its due prominence, and the cause is argued with such skill, ability and power that he rarely fails to gain the verdict desired.

Mr. Utley is a man of strong intellect, clear insight and of marked oratorical power, and these qualities naturally render him a leader of men and a director of public opinion.  In 1899 he was elected a member of the Kentucky senate on the Democratic ticket, and he entered upon a brilliant legislative career, becoming a leader in the senate chamber and accomplishing many parliamentary and strategic results.  A contemporary publication has given the following account of his political career:

"During the first session of Senator Utley's term the memorable contest of Goebel versus Taylor for the governorship of Kentucky, came before the assemble.  On account of his high legal attainments and parliamentary skill, Senator Goebel made Senator Utley one of his advisers.  Just as the contest committees were about to finish their work and report to the assembly for final action, Senator Goebel was shot by an assassin.  Thus cruelly wounded, he designated Senator Utley to act in his stead as president pro tem of the senate, which also made him ex-officio chairman of the steering committee.  The chairmanship of this committee is the most important and the most delicate position in which a member of the party can serve.  Every phase of legislation and every tactic of party policy must be determined by the chairman.  The hours that elapsed between the wounding of Senator Goebel and his inauguration as governor were the most vital in the history of Kentucky.  The least error or the slightest indiscretion would have precipitated war in the capital and lost the governorship to the Democrats.  Though this trying ordeal Senator Utley laid his trained hand on the helm of the state and without the slightest variation from the line of duty, inducted the dying leader into the governorship of Kentucky and thereby reclaimed a victory for his party and saved the good name of the state."

Senator Utley has declined political honors, and yet undoubtedly a brilliant political future awaits him.  He has been spoken of as the candidate of his party for Congress, and such a man would prove a force in the national halls of legislation.  His strength of character, his intellectuality, his thorough understanding of public questions, his devotion to the general good and his fidelity to the right as he sees it well [sic] entitle him to the leadership of men and make him worthy their confidence and trust.  He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his private life is an exemplification of the traits of character which are always found in the true and, therefore, the really great, citizens.  With his family he occupies a beautiful home at Eddyville, overlooking the Cumberland river, and is found there to be a most genial and companionable host.

Merrill Utley certainly moved from NC to KY long before 1820, and William Washington Utley was almost certainly born in KY rather than NC unless Merrill and Elizabeth returned to NC to visit at the time of his birth. Since the date 1820 is associated with the land in Marshall Co, this date is probably about when Merrill Utley brought his family to live on the new land in Caldwell Co. That agrees with a wonderful find posted by Martha Murphy:

..... To help you a small bit, in the "Franklin Favorite" newspaper, 175th anniversary 'Historical Review of Simpson County Kentucky' 1819-1994, an article excerpt states:
'In the years before 1819 there was activity and family life in the hamlet or crossroads that later became Franklin. Mr. Merrill Utley placed an ad in the August 14, 1819, "Russellville Weekly Messenger" that he had for sale 200 acres of good land on the Gallatin Road in Simpson county. He stated there was a good house and other necessary improvements with a 250 apple tree and 250 peach tree orchard.'

Even though there are mistakes in the Newton W Utley article, I have no doubt that the part about wife Elizabeth Woodward was correct. Another descendant of Christopher Woodward, Andrew Jackson Woodward, a grandson of Pleasants Woodward, also knew of an ancestor who came from England and settled at Jamestown. No Utley records at Jamestown have been found - but records for a Christopher Woodward in Jamestown have been found. So the reference in this article to the Jamestown settler has to reflect Woodward ancestry. How would any descendant of Merrill Utley have known about this Jamestown settler unless there was a Woodward in their ancestry? I find it difficult to believe that whoever provided the information for this biography made up Elizabeth Woodward and the verifiable Woodward history to go with her.

In 1830, the Woodwards and Utleys were listed in Calloway Co. Apparently they lived in the part of Caldwell Co that became Hickman Co in 1821 - and then became Calloway Co in 1822.

1830 Calloway Co, KY

Merril Utley p 193
males    0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1   1M 10-14, 1M 15-20, 1M 50-60 (Merrill Utley b 1770-1780)
females 0 1 1 0 0 0 1   1F 5-9, 1F 10-24, 1F 40-50 (Elizabeth Woodward b 1780-90)

James Woodard p 200
males    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1M 60-70  (James Woodward b 1760-1770)
females 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1  1F 60-70

Edward Woodard p 203
males    2 2 1 0 0 1  2M 0-4, 1M 5-9, 1M 10-14, 1M 30-39  (Edward Woodward b 1790-1800)
females 1 1 0 0 0 1  1F 0-4, 1F 5-9, 1F 30-39

Green Woodard p 204
males    1 0 0 0 1   1M 0-4, 1M 20-29  (Green Woodward b 1800-1810)
females 1 0 0 0 1  1F 0-4, 1F 20-29

From the Wake Co records, I had estimated James's DOB as the late 1760's. His age frame on the 1830 census is a perfect match.

Merrill's wife Elizabeth Woodward could not have been a daughter of James Woodward. Even James's oldest daughter by his first wife Elizabeth Utley would have been born in 1800. Merrill's wife in 1830 was b 1780-90. Plus, James Woodward's oldest daughter would have been Merrill Utley's niece. The most likely father for Elizabeth Woodward would be James's brother Richard Woodward who had also moved to land along the TN/KY line by 1809.

August 1996 issue of NC   Genealogical Society, gives the following:

Young Utley and Mary Woodward, dated 20 October 1806 with bondsman-Richd. Woodward;  also Young Utley and Lotty Norris, dated 3 February 1812, with bondsman-Wm. Utley.  Also that Young   Utley was getting a divorce.  "At the time of marriage, said Polly was in an   advanced stage of pregnancy "which was unknown to your orator, but from circumstances which had previously taken place between them. he had reason to believe that he himself was the cause of her situation"..How painful was his situation when within two months and eight days after marriage, the wife he so tenderly loved was delivered of a mulatto child....Prays for a divorce from his said wife Polly.  Also..
a.  Deposition of Robert T. Daniel, Silas Greene and Henry Brown before William Boyland, J.P. of Wake County, N.C., 11 Dec 1810:  Young Utley of Wake County intermarried with Mary Woodard about three or four years ago and within three or four months after the marriage, said Mary was delivered of a female child which we believe to be a negro or mulatto.  Sometime after the birth of said child, the said Polly (Mary) went to the state of Tennessee and lives with another person.
b.  Depostion of Michael Duskin, Jr., J.P. of Wake County, 30 November 1809:  On 20 October last, he was at the house of Richard Woodward who lives near the line of Tennessee and Kentucky, where Polly Utley, the reputed wife of Young Utley of this state and county resided at this time.  He further deposeth that he observed a child that said Polly was reputed to have had born before she left this state.  From his own observation, the said child was of mixed blood and either a negro or very dark mulatto.
c.  A bill to divorce Young Utley of the County of Wake from his wife Polly. In Senate (19 December) and in House (20 December)-read third time and passed.

From this we know that Richard Woodward was living near the TN/KY state line by October of 1809 - probably on the Tennessee side since it says Mary went went to the state of Tennessee. But Richard was still living in Wake Co in 1806 when he was the bondsman for Mary's marriage to Young Utley. (Young Utley was the son of John Utley and first cousin to Merrill, Jacob Jr, and Winifred who were the children of John's brother Jacob Utley Sr. John Utley acquired Woodward's Mill and some of the nearby property in Wake Co from Pleasants Woodward who had inherited it from his father, Christopher Woodward. Young Utley apparently inherited the mill and property - or at least acquired it in some manner - after John Utley's death in 1807.)

I found the phrase "lives with another person" curious. It sounds as if she was not living with her father even though it later says that Michael Duskin, Jr visited Richard Woodward's home and saw the child there.

I found no sign of Richard Woodward in Logan Co, KY, but I did find a Richard Woodard of the right age frame in Robertson Co, TN directly below Logan Co. The two counties adjoin each other on the TN/KY line. The Red River flows through both.

1820 Robertson Co, TN p 2
Richard Woodard 2 1 1 1 0 1 - 2 1 1 0 1
(2M 0-9, 1M 10-15, 1M 16-17, 1M 16-25, 1M 45+, 2F 0-9, 1F 10-15, 1F 16-25, 1F 45+)

(The entire 1820 Robertson Co, TN census can be viewed at http://home.earthlink.net/~howardorjeff/1820.htm
but the name Richard Woodard was transcribed as Richard Mordard on this page. I have seen the film of the census and have no doubt that this name was Woodard. It is also given as Woodard in the census indexes. You will find other Woodards listed on this census, but the majority of them - if not all of them - can be related to the Edgecombe Co, NC Woodards who arrived in the area prior to 1800. More on the Edgecombe Co Woodwards/Woodards below.)

Richard Woodward had apparently married in Wake Co, NC by 1790. His Wake Co censuses below reflected at least 3 females in addition to his wife in 1790. Since we know Richard Woodward was living near the TN/KY line, as were James Woodward and Merrill Utley, Merrill's second wife Elizabeth Woodward was most likely one of the daughters of Richard Woodward. Although the circumstantial evidence is very strong, no record has yet been found to solidly prove Elizabeth's father.

Richard Woodward
1790 Wake Co: 2M16+, 0M 16-, 4F.
1800 Wake Co: 1 0 0 2 0 - 4 2 0 1 1 - 0 1
(1M 0-9, 2M 26-44, 4F 0-9, 2F 10-15, 1F 26-44, 1F 45+, 1 slave)

Elizabeth Woodward b 1780-1790 could certainly be supported by both of Richard Woodward's Wake Co censuses.

There are also a couple of puzzles involving Elizabeth Woodward that haven't been solved. Joan Brink's book on the Utley family gives Merrill Utley's wife as "Winnifred Jones <Elizabeth>" Ms. Brink used the brackets to indicate differing records for names, dates, or places that had been found. She gives a birth date for her as 10 Feb 1784 in Wake Co. Her source for this was a family group sheet prepared by Francis Mae Baker in custody of Mormon Genealogical Library, Sumner, Washington - not exactly the most reliable of sources. Obviously Ms. Brink was not aware of the will of William Jones or the divorce record for Reddick Matthews/Jones. I have no idea how Francis Mae Baker acquired this birth date for Merrill Utley's wife or whether it's reliable. From the way Ms. Brink presented this family, it's impossible to tell if the Baker group sheet gave Merrill's wife's name as Winifred Jones or Elizabeth, so we don't even know whose date of birth this was supposed to be. But 10 Feb 1784 could not possibly be the birth date for Winifred Matthews. The 1800 will of William Jones of Wake Co proves that Winifred as Winifred Matthews, and it's clear she was born before William Jones married Mary Matthews. Since the date of their marriage bond was Feb 15, 1783, Winifred Matthews must have been born prior to this marriage date - but the birth date given by Ms. Brink is a year after their marriage. Is this birth date actually the DOB for Elizabeth Woodward? Did the date come from a reliable record? It agrees with Merrill Utley's wife's age on the 1830 census, but it could not be Winifred Matthews' DOB.

Next puzzle....  The 1840 Calloway Co, KY census p 96 lists Winney Utley age 50-60 (b 1780-1790) living alone in the household following James Gohene. James Gohene (or Goheen) had married Merrill Utley's daughter Elizabeth Utley. Merrill Utley is said to have died in Calloway Co in 1837, so Winney Utley on this census would appear to be Merrill's widow. This would seem to indicate that Winifred Matthews/Jones survived her husband and there was never a second wife named Elizabeth Woodward. But how could the name Elizabeth Woodward and the story about the early Jamestown settler have come down in this Utley family if there was no Elizabeth Woodward?

At least we have finally proven where James Woodward and Richard Woodward went after they left Wake Co. Now we need to prove their children and hopefully James's second wife and Richard's wife or wives.

We know that Mary/Polly Woodward, divorced wife of Young Utley, was Richard's daughter. It's not known if she retained the name Utley or not after the divorce. It's also not known which surname her mulatto daughter used or if the daughter lived long enough to marry. No further records for Mary or her daughter have been found. Since Mary Woodward married Young Utley in 1806, she was probably one of the daughters age 10-15 on Richard's 1800 census. Elizabeth Woodward who married Merrill Utley was probably the other daughter age 10-15. Any children born to Merrill Utley's family after 1818 would also be Elizabeth's children - and perhaps some before 1818 since we don't know the date of the marriage. This would, of course, include William Washington Utley above. According to Utley research, a daughter Phoebe Sanders Utley was born in 1822, so she would be included.

But it would appear that Richard Woodward had quite a few more children other than Mary and Elizabeth. Who were they? Did some remain in Wake Co while others moved to TN/KY with their father?

James Woodward also had a number of children who haven't been identified. The Calloway Co marriage records may reflect some of James's children - but we can't be sure that some of Richard's children might have joined their uncle James Woodward and (sister?) Elizabeth Woodward Utley in Calloway Co.

Thomas Grubbs married Nancy Woodward, 17 June 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age
James Ingram married Phebe Woodward, 11 Sept. 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age
Ephraim Owens [Owings] married Lucinda Woodward, 1 July 1824
William Woodward married Sarah Campbell, 2 July 1833
Jackson Justice married Rebecca Woodward, 8 Dec 1839

In addition to the Woodward marriages, there were also Utley marriages in Calloway Co.

Vincent A Wade married Phebe Utley 28 Jan 1823 Consent for bride: Father Jacob Utley
Bedford D Wade married Sarah Utley 28 Jan 1823 Consent for bride: Of age, consent of father (not named)

Other Calloway Co marriages that might help place these families:

Obadiah Smelser married Nancy Owings 25 March 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age by brot. Ephraim Owings
John Ingram married Mary Owens 13 Nov 1823 Consent for bride: Proof of age

Sarah Utley was the daughter of Merrill Utley - named in the list of Merrill's children by Utley research as Sally Utley b 1806. (John Grubbs believes her DOB was more likely 1805.) Since Merrill Utley and Jacob Utley were brothers, Phebe Utley and Sarah/Sally Utley were first cousins.

According to research sent to me by Jan Lawson, Rebecca Woodward was born November 12, 1823, Calloway Co., KY and died April 10, 1897 in Greene Co., MO. Jackson Justice and Rebecca Woodward were the parents of John Thomas Justice b. January 16, 1841, Calloway Co., KY.; d. December 13, 1924, Fair Grove, Greene Co., MO. Jackson Justice and wife Rebecca Woodward must have moved to Greene Co, MO at about the same time that Rebecca's parents did. Probably the two families moved together.

Rebecca Woodward's parents were Edward Woodward and wife Mary who moved from Calloway Co, KY to Greene Co, MO in 1843. Although one biography of Ransom Benton Woodward found in Past and Present of Greene County, Missouri compiled by Fairbanks and Tuck ca. 1914, states Edward Woodward was b VA about 1795 and his father came from Scotland, the part about Virginia (and surely Scotland too) can be disproven. Edward Woodward's 1850 census in Greene Co, MO gives his age as 57, b NC. Son Jacob Woodward's 1880 census in Greene Co, MO states his (Jacob's) father was b NC. Edward definitely came from NC, not VA.

Greene Co., MO. Cemeteries, Vol. II, Boone Township, Ozarks Genealogical Society.
Kelley Cemetery (Row 14):
Woodward, E    12 May 1794 - 12 May 1869
Woodward, Mary 20 Jan 1798 - 20 Sept 1871
Woodward, Richard  24 Jan 1818 - 4 Nov 1878

A family group sheet prepared in 1977 by Mrs Ruby Ruth Justice Holt (Mrs George Truman Holt) of Grandview, MO gives Edward's birth as 12 May 1791 NC and death as 12 Sept 1871 MO. Their daughter Rebecca's name was given as Rebecca Nancy Woodward. No sources were given. Edward did not appear on the 1870 Greene Co census, so 1869 seems more likely to be correct. Perhaps the month of his death should be verified against the actual tombstone since his birth date and death date are the same except for the year - not impossible but somewhat suspicious. The death date Mrs Holt gave for Edward looks like it might be a combination of the death dates for Edward and Mary as given on their tombstones.

Calloway Co., KY. 1830
Edward Woodward 221001-110001

Calloway Co., KY. 1840
Edward Woodward 1111201-1200001

Greene Co., MO. 1850 census, dated 1850 Oct. 9, Microfilm #M432_400.
stamped pg. #331, lines #40 - #42 and stamped pg. #331B, lines #1 - #5.
hh #1305 - #1305, Boone Twp.
Edward Woodward  57  m  w  Farmer  RE$800  NC.
Mary Woodward  54  f  w  NC.
Catherine East  63  f  w  MO.
Richard Woodward  32  m  w  Farmer  TN.
William Woodward  23  m  w  KY.
Ransom Woodward  20  m  w  KY.
Penelope Woodward  16  f  w  KY.
John Woodward  10  m  w  KY.

Greene Co., MO. Cemeteries, Vol III Townships of Cass, Murray and Robberson, Ozarks Genealogical Society.
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Section B Row 11).
(Jan Lawson's note:  Mt. Pleasant Cemetery is in a rural area of Murray Twp., across the road from Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.  It is 3 miles North and 1 mile East of Bois D'Arc, MO.)

Woodward, John V  19 Mar 1838 - 8 Jun 1862  s/o E & M.

Greene Co., MO. Cemeteries, Vol. IX, Campbell Township & Springfield (small churches).
Antioch Church Cemetery (now Brick Cemetery) Campbell Twp.

Section B Row 5.
Following graves next to each other:
Woodward, Freddie E.  d 17 Aug 1882 ae 1 yr 3 mo 13 da. s/o R. B. & M . E.
Woodward  Footstone F. E. W.
McQuigg, Elizabeth J.  28 Aug 1835-16 Jan 1930  "Mother".
McQuigg, John W  died 16 Aug 1883 ae 54 yr 6 mo 13 da.  "Father".

Greene Co., MO. Cemeteries, Vol VIII, Pond and Center Townships.
Clear Creek Cemetery.
(Jan Lawson's note:  Clear Creek Cemetery is in a rural area of Center Twp., adjacent to Tatum Chapel Missionary Baptist Church.  It is 3 1/2 miles East of Bois D'Arc, MO. and 3 miles South, 1 mile West of Willard, MO.)

Section 1 Row 8.
Woodward ______  no dates, inf d/o J. R. & S. L. Woodward

Section 1 Row 12
Woodward, Bert R  28 Oct 1889-24 May 1968

Section 1 Row 13
Woodward James R   7 Dec 1863 - 4 Nov 1928.
Woodward Sarah Ladora  24 Dec 1862 - 11 Jul 1912.  w/o James R
Woodward, Robt.  1853 - 1928
Woodward  Jacob  13 Sep 1819 - 6 Apr 1896
Woodward Susan C. 16 Dec 1823 - 25 Aug 1894  w/o Jacob

Section 2 Row 11
Large surname stone for this family section:
Woodward Edwin Dee   Footstone 1882-1934
Woodward McQuigg Margaret   Footstone 1855-1911
Woodward R. Bert  Footstone 1850-1924

Kentucky Land Grants:
Grants West of Tennessee River
Edward Woodward  160 acres,  Bk 2,  Pg. 21, Twp NE Qr. Sec 36,  Range T-2 R-4 E

A search of the Jackson Purchase land identifies this land as lying in present Calloway Co near Murray, E Fork of Clarks River, Bee Creek, and Clayton Creek. Although no date is given with this record, it must have been after 1818.

"History of Greene County, Missouri", 1883 by R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian, Chapter #21, Center Township, part #2, Biographies of Old Settlers and Prominent Citizens of Center Township  pg. #664. (Robinson/Laird/Franks).
JACOB WOODWARD.  "Mr. WOODWARD is the son of Edward and Mary WOODWARD, and was born in Robertson Co., TN, September 13, 1820.  His parents soon after moved to Calloway Co., KY. where he grew to manhood.  He learned the shoe maker's trade when he was fourteen years of age, which, in connection with farming, has been his calling ever since.  In 1843 he moved to Ash Grove, Greene Co., MO. where he bought out a distillery and carried on the business for some time.  In 1859 he moved to the farm where he now lives, where he has since followed farming and shoe making.  He served in the militia from 1863 to the close of the war.  He owns a farm of 160 acres, and has made all he has by his own industry and perseverance.  Mr. WOODWARD was married in 1846 to Miss. Susan E., daughter of Charles N. and Sarah G. ROBINSON, of Greene Co., MO., formerly of NC.  Their union has been blest with seven children, all of whom are living, viz: Sarah A. P., William H. S., James R., Ransom B. J., Charles R. E., A. S., and Mary R.".

The ca 1914 biography of Ransom Benton Woodward stated that his father Jacob Woodward was born September 13, 1819, in Calloway County, Kentucky. The 1883 biography of Jacob Woodward above states Jacob was born in Robertson Co., TN, September 13, 1820. Jacob's tombstone gives his birth date as 13 Sep 1819. Calloway Co had not been created in 1819 and this area would actually have been Caldwell Co at that time. Jacob's father Edward Woodward did not appear on the Caldwell Co census in 1820. There was an Edward Woodard listed in 1820 in Simpson Co (previously part of Logan Co), but I don't have the specifics for that census to determine if this might have been the same Edward Woodward. (This needs to be checked!) Richard Woodward's 1820 Robertson Co census could also have supported this family. Although the biography gives Jacob's son's name as Ransom Benton Woodward, the tombstone gave the name R. Bert Woodward and he was listed on the 1860 census as Burton A Woodward, age 10. Perhaps Benton should have been Burton?

One biography states that Jacob Woodward was born in Robertson Co, TN while another states he was born in Calloway Co, KY. If Edward Woodward and wife Mary were living in Robertson Co, TN at the time of Jacob's birth, this would certainly tend to associate Edward with Richard Woodward. Jacob Woodward's 1850 census (dated 1850 Oct. 22) listed Jacob as age 28, b KY. In 1860 (dated 1860 Jun. 23), he was age 41, b KY. In 1870 (dated 1870 Aug. 25), he was listed as age 51, b TN. In 1880 (dated 1880 Jun. 17), Jacob was age 59, b KY, father b NC, mother b NC.

Another son of Edward Woodward and Mary can be found in the same "History of Greene County, Missouri", 1883 by R. I. Holcombe, Editing Historian in Chapter 28 about Cass Township. This W. W. Woodward was no doubt son William Woodward age 23 b KY on Edward Woodward's 1850 census.

"W. W. WOODWARD. Mr. Woodward was born in Calloway county, Kentucky, December 6, 1824. In 1843 his father moved to Greene county, Missouri, and engaged in farming. Our subject went to California in 1850, and returned to this county in June, 1855, and on December 4th, of that year, he married Miss Emily, daughter of William S. Landreth. His first wife died December 18, 1862, leaving one child, a daughter. Mr. Woodward was married the second time to Miss M. F. Gilmore, January 27, 1864. He has lived upon the farm, where he now makes his home, since 1864. Mr. Woodward is a practical surveyor, and was deputy county surveyor for several years."

Edward Woodward who was born May 12, 1794 in NC was certainly born too early to have been a son of James Woodward whose first child was born in 1800. Edward was living in either Robertson Co, TN or Calloway Co, KY (actually Caldwell Co at that time) when his son Jacob was born in 1819 or 1820, depending on which birth date is correct. Edward's oldest son Richard b 1818 was born in TN according to the 1850 census. Edward was living in Calloway Co, KY by 1823 when daughter Rebecca Woodward was born. All this together strongly suggests that Edward Woodward was a son of Richard Woodward. Richard's 1800 Wake Co census lists a male 0-10. The 1820 Robertson Co, TN census for Richard Woodward could easily include Edward, his wife, and their two sons Richard and Jacob born by 1820. If the elder Richard Woodward in Robertson Co, TN died some time after the 1820 census, it would not be surprising for Edward to move to Calloway Co where James Woodward (Edward's uncle?) and Elizabeth Woodward (Edward's sister?) were living.

If Rebecca Woodward's full name was Rebecca Nancy Woodward as given by the Holt family group sheet, then the earlier Calloway Co marriage record for Nancy Woodward below certainly could not have been her sister. But there is no documentation with the Holt research, and I have not yet seen the middle name Nancy used in any other record for Rebecca Woodward Justice. How reliable is the middle name Nancy? If Rebecca's middle name was not Nancy, then the record below could be for her sister.

Thomas Grubbs married Nancy Woodward, 17 June 1823

Nancy Grubbs, white female age 47 born NC and T. H. Grubbs, white male age 5 born KY were listed on the 1850 census in Calloway Co, KY. Thomas Grubbs and Nancy Woodward were married in 1823. Could there have been older children born to this marriage who had already left home? Was this child Nancy's grandson or nephew or some other relation? If Nancy Woodward Grubbs was b ca 1803 in NC, she could have been the daughter of either Richard Woodward or James Woodward. Richard Woodward's 1820 census could support her and James Woodward's 1810 and 1820 censuses could support her. Both Richard and James were still living in Wake Co in 1803.

According to John Grubbs of Austin, TX:
"Yes, I am related to the Thomas H. Grubbs (ca. 1778/1780, VA - 1850/1850, Kentucky). He was the son of my 3G grandfather Benjamin M. Grubbs and the brother of my 2G grandfather John Thomas Grubbs. Thomas H. Grubbs m. (1) 7 Dec 1815, Caldwell County, Kentucky, Caty Roach, and (2) 17 Jun 1823, Calloway County, Kentucky, Nancy Woodward. I know of no children from either marriage."

Thomas Grubbs, James Ingram, and Ephraim Owings can be found on a map of original landhold grantees in Township 3, Range 4 East of the Jackson Purchase - this area identified as "North Central Calloway County, including the Wadesboro area". Their grants adjoined each other. No Woodwards or Utleys appear on this map. There is no date provided with the description of this map. But the Jackson Purchase was added to the state in 1818 when it was purchased from the Chickasaw Indians by Andrew Jackson, so any grants were certainly made after that date.

James Ingram held land in in the SE quadrant of section 9, Ephraim Owings' land was adjoining to the west in the SW quarter of section 9. Wades Creek began in Ephraim Owings' land and flowed eastward through James Ingram's land. Thomas H Grubbs' land was in the NE quarter of section 17 which adjoined the SW corner of Ephraim Owings' land. James Ingram held additional land farther south in the NW quarter of section 33.

We have the following undated (but after 1818) grant records for Merrill Utley. The land involved came from the Jackson Purchase - which was purchased by Andrew Jackson in 1818. Therefore, the grants had to be after this date.

Utley, Merril
        Acres:  160     Book:   1
        Survey Date:            County:
        WaterCourse:            Page:   493
        Township:       S E Qr Sec 25   Range:  T-4 R-4 E
        Reference:      THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1 CHAPTER
VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 881

A search of the Jackson Purchase land identifies this land as lying in present Marshall Co, KY (created from Calloway Co in 1842) - Established Locations in 1885: Watch Ck; Beaver Dam Ck; Wades Ck.

Utley, Murrell
        Acres:  160     Book:   9
        Survey Date:            County:
        WaterCourse:            Page:   6
        Township:       S W Qr Sec 30   Range:  T-4 R-5 E
        Reference:      THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1 CHAPTER VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF KENTUCKY page 881

This is identified as present Marshall Co, KY (created from Calloway Co in 1842) - Established Locations in 1885: Fairdealing; Olive; Mahon; Rough Ck; Clear Ck; Jonathans Ck

Merrill's brother Gabriel Utley was granted land nearby.

Utley, Gabril
        Acres:  160     Book:   3
        Survey Date:            County:
        WaterCourse:            Page:   208
        Township:       S W Qr Sec 24   Range:  T-4 R-4 E
        Reference:      THE KENTUCKY LAND GRANTS Volume 1 Part 1 CHAPTER
VII GRANTS WEST OF TENNESSEE RIVER (1822-1858) THE COUNTIES OF
KENTUCKY page 881

This was in present Marshall Co, KY (created from Calloway Co in 1842) - Established Locations in 1885: Watch Ck; Beaver Dam Ck; Wades Ck. It was obviously very near Merrill's land.

I don't know if Gabriel Utley ever lived on this land or not. Utley research states he married Lucy Cross in Wake Co, NC in 1814, and their three children were born in Chatham Co, NC in 1819/20, 1824, and 1827. If Gabriel ever did go to KY, he must not have stayed long.

No grants to James Woodward have been found, but we know he must have lived nearby. Was he living on Utley land in present Marshall Co or further south in present Calloway Co near the Ingrams, Grubbs, and Owings?

Another probable descendant of Richard Woodward is Green F Woodward. His middle name is sometimes seen recorded as Flowers, but the descendants I have corresponded with don't know if that can be documented.

Green F Woodward appeared on the 1830 census in Calloway Co age 20-30 and on the 1840 census in Logan Co age 30-40. In 1850, he was in Montgomery Co, TN age 43, and by 1860, he was in Guadalupe Co., TX age 44 (age surely in error).

1850 Montgomery Co., TN
WOODWARD, G. F. 43
Adeline 41
Marcus 17
Thomas J. 15
Richard C. 13
Gabriel 11
William 9
Mary 7
Amanda 5
Martha 3

(I don't have the places of birth. This could be important! Jo Woodward says she has this census and Green was b NC and Adeline b TN.)

1860 Guadalupe Co, TX
Green F. Woodward  carpenter  44 NC (age in error)
Adaline 53 TN
Mary 13 KY
Margaret A. 11 TN
Laura 9 TX
Tilman 6 TX

These censuses do not reflect all the children of Green F Woodward. A search of the Woodward board at Genforum will bring up lots of supposed children - but many without any reference to records to prove them. Some look questionable to me. One particularly interesting posting by Jack Collier concerns daughter Amanda Jane Woodward who married Hezekiah W Smith Collier, son of Tilman Collier. Jack Collier states, "The only info I have on her parent (and it's sketchy) is they were Mr. & Mrs. A.E. Woodward. The Collier family bible lists Mrs. A.E. Woodward (81 years old) died March 13, 1892." I would think this must have been a record of Adeline's death.

Green Woodward died about 1867/68 in a shootout with his son-in-law Frank Spain, husband of Margaret Woodward. Frank Spain was killed too, and Margaret remarried Robert McDonald Myers before the 1870 census. Her son, Frank Spain (Jr) age 3, was also listed in the Myers household. The Guadalupe, TX marriage index includes:  R.M Myers and Margaret A. Spain 3 August 1869.

From Donna Boots:

Just today, I recieved a letter from my aunt, and with the letter she included several documents that my grandmother, Jessie Schulze Brummer kept in her possessions.  Jessie was the daughter of Maude
Myers, who was the daughter of Margaret Woodward Spain Myers. .......

Also included in the documents was the following, written by my grandmother Jessie on 7 March 1982.  The reason that I wanted to post this is because there are several message boards out there that have
discussions concerning this Woodward/Spain incident.  Knowing my grandmother, Jessie, I know that she would acurately tell the story as it was relayed to her.

"This is a story of Jessie Schulze and her family.

So the story starts with Maggie Woodard and her family that came from the state or territory, depending on when they left the area.

They had decided to move to Texas, we know that Maggie and her mother and father and one brother lived together in the Texas area.  Maggie married a man by the name of Frank Spain and because Frank Spain was from the Oklahoma area, Maggie's parents weren't too happy about this marriage.  So Frank with his new wife Maggie moved into the Oklahoma area to live.  In the meantime Maggie became pregnant and her and Frank had a boy by the name of Frank Spain Jr.  Later Maggie thinking that enough time had passed, wanted to go back to Texas to see her family.

When they arrived at their old home, Maggie's mother, who would be my great great Grandmother had told her that she didn't believe that enough time had passed and that she didn't think that Maggie should take Frank out with her to see her father and brother who were working on a fence line.  But Maggie thought different and her and Frank went out to the field anyway.

A fight did break out between Maggie's dad, my great great grandfather, and her husband Frank.  My great great grandfather shot Frank, but before he died, Frank Spain also shot my great great Grandfather.  They both died in the field and Maggie's brother buried Frank Spain right there.  They must have had a funeral for my great great Grandfather and Maggie's brother made her not tell anyone about Frank.  The story that they told was that Frank Spain had shot Mr. Woodard and ran away and no one could find him, so Maggie raised her son Frank Spain Jr. without a father or a grandfather.

We believe that Frank Spain Jr. (the son) grew up around Oklahoma and became the Mayor of a town called Enid, Ok."

Jessie Schulze Brummer Rodrigues
7 March 1982

According to Jo Woodward, Benjamin Franklin Woodward was another son of Green F Woodward and Adeline Collins or Collier, probably their oldest son. The 1900 marriage license for Benjamin and his second wife, Lettie Creekman Preston, states that his parents were Greu (thought to be Green) Woodward and Adaline E Collins (thought to be Collier).

Another posting by Jack Collier to the Collier board at Genforum offers some interesting records. The 1860 Guadalupe Co, TX census for Tilman Collier includes son HWS Collier and wife Amanda J Woodward. Tilman Collier was age 55 b TN. Green Woodward and wife Adeline Collier/Collins named one son Tilman Woodward and another Richard Collier Woodward. On the 1860 census, Green's wife Adeline was age 53 b TN, so Tilman Collier and Adeline Collier/Collins were both born in TN about two years apart. I suspect Tilman Collier was Adeline's brother. I would think that Adeline was more likely a Collier than a Collins. Green Woodward probably married Adeline in or near Robertson Co, TN  - at least that's where he was living when they married - so the Collier family was probably living nearby.

Jo Woodward states:
He [Benjamin Franklin Woodward] was born in 1829, although the date is confused by a couple of other years given in various other places. The other dates are within two or three years of 1829, if I recall correctly.  ....  Benjamin Franklin Woodward, b.26/Nov/1829 in Robertson Co., TN. He died 29/Oct/1906 in Illinois. .....  The death certificate for B.F. shows him as dying at age 77 -- Oct. 6, 1906 -- in Xenia, IL. His first wife, Sarah Abernathy, died in 1897. .....  There is also a James in the 1830 Tennessee census listed as living in Robertson Co. That is the county listed in the Civil War papers as the birth county of Benjamin Franklin, Green's son.

Green Woodward's 1850 and 1860 censuses and at least one of his son's 1880 censuses indicate Green was born in NC. Green's censuses indicate that he was born about 1806 or 1807. Therefore, he could not be a son or grandson of any of the Woodwards/Woodards who came to Robertson Co, TN from Edgecombe Co, NC. The Edgecombe Woodwards arrived well before 1800. (More information on these Edgecombe Co Woodwards below.) But Green could be a son of either Richard Woodward or James Woodward - but only if James Woodward was not in KY with Merrill Utley in 1805. Since James Woodward was associated with both Calloway and Logan Counties, at first glance, he seems the most likely candidate for Green's father. But it's not impossible that Green's father might have been Richard rather than James, given the fact that Edward Woodward also lived in Calloway Co and his records indicate his father could not have been James Woodward, but more likely was Richard Woodward. In fact, there is strong evidence that Green was a son of Richard Woodward.

The court minutes of Robertson Co, TN reflect Green Woodard from 1825 to 1828 and associate him with a Richard Woodard. The following records were transcribed by Sharon Smith, but what Sharon transcribed does not appear to be complete. A thorough search of the court minutes should be done.

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/gordon9/hbook8page8.html

Robertson Co TN
County Court Minutes, Book 8
1825 - 1826

Aug 8, 1825 Monday
pg 147)
....... Ordered by the Court that Thomas HUGHLETT oversee the road from James RANEY's to Red
River in the room of Jacob F. YOUNG and he together with the following hands, to wit, ___ MULLOY, Ziza MOORE, William M. WILSON, Jno. SUMMERVILLE Junr., Reuben GOCH, Adam BIGGS, David SMITH, Dillon IRBY, John E. McCALLON, Thomas JONES, James KIRBY, Green WOODARD

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/gordon9/ibook9page9.html

Robertson Co TN
County Court Minutes, Book 9
1826 - 1830

May 13, 1828 Tuesday
Leroy __ Plaintiff vs Anthony FISHER for the benefit of Green WOODARD, Defendant - Certiorari This day came the parties in open Court & agrees & dismisses the suit and thereupon came Richard WOODARD in proper person and assumes the payment of costs - It is therefore considered by the Court that the suit stand dismissed & that the plaintiff recover of Richard WOODARD the costs in this behalf expended.

From these court minutes, there is no doubt that Green Woodard/Woodward was in Robertson Co, TN from at least 1825 to 1828 and was closely associated with a Richard Woodward who was living there in 1828. Green Woodward and Edward Woodward both appeared on the 1830 Calloway Co census where James Woodward and Elizabeth Woodward Utley had been living for some time. If Green's son Benjamin Franklin Woodward was born in Robertson Co, TN on 26 Nov 1829, Green must have moved to Calloway Co very shortly after that.

The court minutes also provided another very important record:

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/gordon9/bbook2page2.html

Robertson Co TN
County Court Minutes, Book 2
1808 - 1811

Oct 3, 1808 Monday
pg 81) ....... Deed - James WHEELER to Richard WOODARD for 277 acres of land was acknowledged in open Court by said WHEELER & ordered to be registered.

We know a Richard Woodard of the right age frame to be Christopher Woodward's son was listed on the Robertson Co, TN census in 1820. I am not sure what happened to the Robertson Co census for 1810, but it doesn't seem to be available. I was not able to find a Richard Woodward/Woodard of the right age frame in any of the expected counties in 1830 - Robertson Co, TN - Calloway Co, KY - Logan Co, KY - Simpson Co, KY. I don't know if the Richard Woodard of the 1828 court minutes above was Christopher's son or perhaps a Richard Jr. But I do know that the 1808 record for Richard Woodward purchasing land fits perfectly for the period we know Christopher's son Richard settled on the TN/KY line - 1806 to 1809 - and that the age for Richard Woodard on the 1820 Robertson Co, TN census agrees with the expected age for Christopher's son. I have not found any records for a younger Richard Woodward, so it's my guess that the 1828 record was Richard, son of Christopher. He would have been about in his early 60's. The 1825 record for Green Woodard also associates him with land near the Red River.

Richard cannot be found on the 1830 census and may have died or gone to live with one of his children. We know that Edward Woodward did receive a grant for 160 acres in what is now Calloway Co (date of grant not given) and probably moved there shortly after 1820. Green Woodward was still in Robertson Co, TN in the very late 1820's, but was in Calloway Co by 1830. Was Green joining other family after the death of Richard Woodward?

As to Richard Woodward's wife - the one that was Green's mother if Richard had more than one wife. This is only an idea, but perhaps records can be found to prove or disprove it. The Woodwards of Wake Co were closely associated with a Silas Green who was listed just after Pleasants Woodward and Richard Woodward on the 1790 Wake Co census.

Woodward, Plesant...................3-1-4-0-1
Woodward, Richard..................2-0-4-0-1
Green, Silas..............................1-2-4-0-5

Silas Green was not listed on the 1800 Wake Co census.

Dec 6, 1785 Etheldred Jones appointed guardian of Richard Woodward, orphan of Christopher Woodward; signed by Etheldred Jones and Silas Green.

Dec 6, 1785 Etheldred Jones appointed guardian of James Woodward, orphan of Christopher Woodward; signed by Etheldred Jones and Silas Green.

Dec 6, 1785 Jacob Utley appointed guardian of Elizabeth Woodward, orphan of Christopher Woodward; signed by Silas Green, John Norris

Dec 6, 1785 Jordan Woodward appointed guardian of Mary Woodward, orphan of Christopher Woodward; signed Jordan Woodward, --?-- Brown, --?-- --?-- [unreadable]

Silas Green's wife was Charity Speight, daughter of William Speight d 1774 and Abigail -?- d 1783 Wake Co. There is no marriage record for Silas Green and Charity Speight, but William Speight's 1773 will mentioned daughter Charity Green and Silas Green. Charity's sister Patience Speight married 1778 Wake Co to William Green, brother of Silas Green. William Green d 1786 Wake Co and Patience Speight were the parents of Needham Green b 1783 who married 1805 Wake Co to China Woodward, daughter of Pleasants Woodward, Richard Woodward's brother. I have no records at all for Silas Green's children. William Green's family included two daughters named Mary "Polly" and Penelope "Penny" that I know nothing about. If the name Green in Green Woodward came down from a Green family, I would think that Richard's wife might have come from one or the other of these families. Since William Green didn't marry until 1778, his daughters would have been too young to have married by 1790. Silas Green looks like a better candidate since he married before 1773.

Another possibility - the 1820 Robertson Co census listed a Green Flowers. If he was the oldest male in this household, his age was 45+.    100011/10101/6    Could Richard Woodward have married a daughter or sister of this Green Flowers? The name Flowers seems to have appeared in the Collier family too.

There were other Woodwards/Woodards in the Robertson Co, TN area who came from Edgecombe Co, NC between 1792 and 1796 - Thomas Woodard, Noah Woodard, and Mary Woodard, the wife of Thomas George, were siblings according to a Robertson Co deed. I have seen it claimed numerous times that they were the children of Moses Woodard and wife Mary of Edgecombe Co - but not one of these claims were supported with any records.

Grant No. 561 to John McDowell, a private, dated 9, 18, 1787. Assigned to Thomas Woodward, Warrant No. 561 for 640 acres. Recorded Book A-1, p 282. On North Fork of Red River, corner to Noah Woodward.

Grant No. 590 to Samuel Simpson, a private, dated 9, 15, 1787. Assigned to Noah Woodward, Warrant No. 901 for 640 acres. Recorded Book A-1, p 297. On North Fork of Red River.

Grant No. 2273 to Joshua McMullins, a private, dated 5, 20, 1793. Assigned to Noah Woodard, Warrant No. 1233 for 369 acres. Recorded Book B-2, p 85.

The descendants of Thomas Woodard and Noah Woodard will certainly confuse us. Many of them are mentioned in the court minutes of Robertson Co, TN. More information on the Woodwards/Woodards who came to Robertson Co, TN from Edgecombe Co, NC can be found in Goodspeed's History of Tennessee and in Red River Settlers, Records of the Settlers of Northern Montgomery, Robertson, and Sumner Counties, Tennessee by Edythe Rucker Whitley 1980.

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