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Elizabeth Morton^1,2,3,4

born 28 November 1754, died 12 February 1845

Obadiah Woodson (born 6 April 1775, died September 1864)
Mary Woodson (born 6 April 1775, died 1777)
John Morton Woodson (born 28 June 1778, died about 1814)
Nancy Woodson (born 3 April 1780, died 6 October 1847)
Jacob Woodson (born 14 August 1783, died 8 March 1823)
Sally Woodson (born 4 August 1785, died 24 July 1871)
Richard Woodson+ (born 21 September 1787, died 3 July 1822)
Elizabeth Woodson (born between 1789 and 1790)
Martha Woodson (born 11 September 1792, died 18 April 1871)
Judith Woodson (born 30 November 1796, died 27 June 1885)
Agnes Morton Woodson (born 22 June 1799, died 26 August 1823)

Birth: 28 November 1754; Prince Edward County, Virginia, USAB G O^1,5,6
Marriage: 4 November 1773; Jacob Woodson; Prince Edward County, Virginia, USAB G O; After their marriage, Elizabeth Morton and Jacob Woodson settled on their farm on the Appomattox River, where they built their picturesque home called "Happy Valley."^4,7,8,1,5
Death: 12 February 1845; Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USAB G O^1,3,5
Burial: After 12 February 1845; Woodson Cemetery, Pamplin, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USAB G^1,5

Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FindAGraveUS&h=72375230&indiv=try, Record for Elizabeth Woodson
Woodson, Henry Morton, Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, Page 55, A copy of this book is available on Ancestry.com and Google Books.
Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=SARMemberApps&h=964749&indiv=try, Application No. 90033 submitted by Lafayette Irwin Morris, Record for Captain Jacob Woodson
Dodd, Jordan, Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=eamva&h=132777&indiv=try, Record for Jacob Woodson
Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124099737, database and images, memorial page for Elizabeth Woodson (28 November 1754 - 12 February 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124099737, citing Woodson Family Cemetery, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Aaron Furtado Baldwin (contributor 50965906). Accessed 4 July 2025.
E. Stuart Gregg, Jr., A Crane’s Foot, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/576361, pg. 339
Woodson, Henry Morton, Historical Genealogy of the Woodsons and Their Connections, Page 95, A copy of this book is available on Ancestry.com and Google Books.
Walker, Rosa Kershaw, Americans of Gentle Birth, https://archive.org/stream/americansofgentl00walk#page/362/mode/1up/search/woodson, pg 362