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- Per Book of Edna Wallace Seivers:
Matha Woods b01720 d 1790.
" In 1775 the Wallaces and their relatives took part in Lord Dunmore'srebellion. The Govenor had tried to confiscate all powder andmunitions of war that the Virginians had been collecting. TheGovernor was forced ot accede to the wishes of the Virginians.
When Peter Jr. settled in Virginia, the area was a virting wildernessand there were many hardships of the stenuous conditions of frontierlife. The Wallaces and Woods were always strengthened by the suportof family members nearby.
During the American Revolution, all six sons of Peter, Jr., served asofficers and with great courage. Four sons died during the Revolution andanother son died shortly thereafter. Peter, Jr. was almost seventyyaers old; he had lost four sons to his country and had endured theskirmishes with the Indians and the struggle for a free America.During the Revolution, Peter Jr. furnished supplies to Colonel Posey.
Early in 1786 Peter Jr. died in Rockbridge County. His survivors werewidow Martha, three daughters, and sons John and Samuel. (Samuel diedtwo months later.) He left his widow Martha one-third of the landduring her lifetime, a horse and saddle and bed and furniture.Daughter Janet was left 40 pounds and bed and furniture; daughtersusannah 50 pounds and bed and furniture; daughter Elisabeth and sonSamuel $1 each as they had earlier received their share. Son John wasleft the plantation, his negro Charley, all moveable estate and bedand furniture. John and Martha were co-executors of the willpresented in court, September 3, 1786.
Martha Wood Wallace died four years later in 1790. Daughters Susannahand Janet emigrated to Kentucky and son John went to Green brier Co.,Virginia, then to Anderson Co., Tennessee, and later to Hendrick Co.,Indiana.
In 1794 son John sold his plantation in Rockbridge Co., VA.
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d. Between 1783 and 1784, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States 
