Posted By:	Joan E. Rambo
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	Subject:	Re: Wood County, named for whom?
	Post Date:	June 22, 2008 at 09:19:19
	Message URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/tx/wood/messages/549.html
	Forum:	Wood County, TX Genealogy Forum
	Forum URL:	http://genforum.genealogy.com/tx/wood/

"The county was named for George T. Wood,qv governor of Texas from 1847 to 1849. In 1870 the new Rains County took a section of western Wood County." This is just a small sample of what you can find on the Handbook of Texas online -- http://www.tshaonline.org/ -- Just type in Wood County. First item gives a lot of information on the county, and down at the bottom sources are listed if you want more details. Then further down the list "QUITMAN, JOHN ANTHONY -- Quitman, the county seat of Wood County, Texas, is named for him." And, you can read up on just who he was and what he did. Happy Hunting (^_^)