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 1758 - 1817 (58 years)
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| Name |
Josiah Woodson |
| Birth |
16 Jan 1758 |
Dover, Goochland County, Virginia, USA  |
| Christening |
9 May 1758 |
Goochland County, Virginia, USA |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1817 |
Maysville, KY |
| Person ID |
I24054 |
Bob Juch's Tree |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
| Father |
John Woodson, b. 1730, Goochland County, Virginia, USA d. 2 Dec 1789, Goochland County, Virginia, USA (Age 59 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Dorothea Randolph, b. 1732, of Goochland County, VA d. 2 Feb 1794 (Age 62 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
28 Oct 1751 |
Goochland County, Virginia, USA |
| Family ID |
F9117 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Elizabeth Woodson, b. 12 May 1759, Carters Ferry, Henrico County, VA d. 15 Dec 1793, Milledgeville, Baldwin County, GA (Age 34 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Nov 1778 |
Goochland County, Virginia, USA |
| Family ID |
F9100 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
31 Dec 2022 |
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| Notes |
- With the rank of major, he served in Gen'l Greene's command in the continental army, and later under Lafayette. He participated in the siege of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis at that place. Previous to that event, he was with his family at his father's home at Dover, on leave of absence, and was near being captured by Col. Tarleton who was in command of the advance guard of the British army. It was at Dover that Cornwallis made his headquarters for a day or two on his way to Yorktown. He treated the family with respect and consideration. It is even said that he imprinted a fatherly kiss upon little Mary Woodson the baby daughter of Major Josiah Woodson. Col. John Woodson was at that time about fifty-one years old. Using his own ferryboat he crossed over to a plantation he owned on Sabot's Island in James River, where he remained until the "Red Coats" were gone. Meantime his son Major Josiah had rejoined his regiment and proceeded with the command to the vicinity of Yorktown, where they had the satisfaction of witnessing on October 19, 1782, the surrender of Lord Cornwallis and his entire command. After the war was over and peace established, Major Josiah Woodson remained in Goochland county where he reared a family of five daughters. His wife Elizabeth died at Dover about 1797. In 1804 he went to Maysville, Kentucky, to be near his children who had preceded him to that new country. Here he spent the remainder of his life and died in 1817.
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