The 1853 Robert D Sewall Inventory [JH 2:699] includes a man named John Wood, age 55. In addition to John, who was specified as a Wood in the inventory, the list also names a Charles/Suck Family Group. Death Certificates for some of the children of Charles and Suck indicate that they were the children of “Susan Wood” [John A Brown d. 1904; Crissie (Brown) Wilkes, d. 1912 and Joseph Henry Brown, d. 1915]
The purpose of this page is to compare the 1821 & 1853 inventory with the 1870 census and Prince George’s Marriage records (with other records as necessary) to attempt to identify family groups connected to each other with the surname Wood at Poplar Hill and other sites as they occur.
posts about members of the Wood family group
Dinah Brown & Lawrence Wood
After the Civil War ended, Dinah Brown married Lawrence Wood. Dinah was the daughter of Charles Brown and Susan Wood. She was named for the grandmother of Susan, who had been enslaved by Robert Darnall. [See Fishwick v. Sewall, and the post on Dinah’s Descendants] Dinah and her descendants were enslaved by the Robert Darnall…
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Eliza Wood
Eliza Wood is the daughter of John Wood; both are listed in the 1853 Inventory of Robert Darnall Sewall [JH 2:699]. Eliza’s Children In the 1853 Inventory, Eliza is 38 years old and listed with six children. Her children are about two years apart. She is not listed with a partner, unlike other family groups.…
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John Wood
John Wood is listed in the 1853 Inventory of Robert Darnall Sewall’s estate [JH 2:699] as a 55 year old man who was appraised at $400. In her book, The Price for a Pound of Flesh, Berry talks about the stages of an enslaved person’s life. For John Wood, age 55, he would have been…
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William Hannibal Brown Gantt | Proposed Parentage
William Hannibal Gantt, a Black landowner in Cheltenham, died prior to 1898 and the use of death certificates in Maryland. The purpose of this post is to propose a set of parents and siblings for William Hannibal Brown Gantt. A Note, first, on William Hannibal Brown Gantt and his Surnames Connecting the 1870 & 1880…
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