WOODSON.
In 1769 Tucker Woodson became the deputy Clerk of
Albemarle. He was the son of Tucker Woodson, of Goochland,
and his wife Sarah Hughes. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of John Moore, and his home was on the land just
north and west of Charlottesville, given to his wife by her
father. He died in 1779; and in 1782 his widow became the
wife of Major Joseph Crockett, an officer of the Revolutionary
army, who soon after removed to Kentucky. Tucker
Woodson left two sons, Tucker Moore and Samuel Hughes.
Tucker M. about the beginning of the century purchased a
considerable amount of real estate in town and county,
among other places the plantation of Viewmont, which in
1803 he sold to Captain John Harris. The next year he
removed to Kentucky. His wife was Martha Eppes, daughter
of Charles Hudson. Samuel had emigrated to Kentucky
some years before. He received from his mother her land
adjoining Charlottesville, and part of it he sold to Charles
Jouett in 1799, and the remainder to Alexander Garrett in
1808. He became Clerk of Jessamine County, Kentucky,
and in 1821 represented his district in Congress.
In 1769 John Woodson, of Goochland, most probably a
half-brother of Tucker, bought land on the head waters of
Ivy Creek. He departed this life in 1779. His wife's
name was Elizabeth, and his children were Tarleton, Susan,
the wife of Micajah Wheeler, and Sarah, the wife of John
Everett. Tarleton is believed to have married Annis,
daughter of Augustine Shepherd, and his children were
Tarleton, Augustine and Prior. Prior married Josephine
Abell, and was the father of John, who recently died on or
near the same land his ancestor had purchased more than a
century and a quarter before.
In later years, about 1835, Thomas Woodson came to
Charlottesville from Goochland. He was for many years one
of the teachers of the town, and a ruling elder in the Presbyterian
Church. He died in 1862. He was twice married,
first to a sister of James C. Halsall, a member of the Albemarle
bar, and secondly to Clarissa, daughter of D. Ferrell
Carr. His daughter Mary became the wife of Charles C.
Preston, of Southwest Virginia.
