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- As a young man, James lived in Upper Fauquier in Leeds Manor; taught school, said to have established an academy of his own. He was supposed to have been large, blond, fair skin, blue eyes.
Polly Smoot was the dau of Leonard & Milly (Norman) Smoot. Her will was dated 28 Feb 1867; probated June 1871, Culpeper Co, Will Book "W", p 288. James and Mary B (Smoot) Wood are both buried in the Masonic Cemetery, Culpeper, Virginia, withtone markers, but no inscriptions.
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(from Jack Wood)
Leonard Smoot, one of the witnesses to the Will, was the father of Mary Browning "Polly" Smoot. "Polly" married Dickerson's son, James.
James has been described as having been large, blond, fair skin, blue eyes. He was a schoolteacher. He resided in the Manor of Leeds, upper Fauquier County, Virginia. He is said to have established an academy of his own.
I find James listed in the 1820 US Census for Culpeper County, Virginia. The township is unknown. There were two free white males under 10; two free white males between 10-16; 1 free white male between 16-26; one free white male between 26-45; one free white male over age 45. One free white female under 10; 1 free white female between 26 - 45. Two members of the household were working in agriculture.
I find James listed in the 1830 US Census for Fauquier County, Virginia. The township is unknown. Included in the household was one free white male under five years of age. Two free white males between 5 and 10 years of age. One free white male between 40 and 50 years of age (probably James himself.) One free white female 5 - 10 years of age. One free white female 15-20 years old. One free white female 40 - 50 years of age (must be Mary.)
James is listed in the 1840 US Census for Leeds, Fauquier County, Virginia. In his household were one free white male between 5 and 10 years of age. One free white male 10 to 15 years of age. One free white male 50 to 60 years of age (probably James himself). One free white female 50 to 60 years of age (probably his wife Mary).
James and Mary are listed in the 1850 US Census for Jeffersonton, Culpeper County, Virginia. They were living with their son, Lewis' family. James was 70 years old, born in Virginia, no profession. The census noted he was insane. (Probably retired.) Mary was 65 years old, born in Virginia.
January 10, 1858 James Wood, white, male, at age 77 years and 14 days, died of paralysis. He was the son of Dickinson and Mary, born in Culpeper County, Virginia.
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