An American Family History

Priscilla Yerkes Wood was born about 1785 in Berkeley County, Virginia which is now Jefferson County, West Virginia. Her father was Joshua Yerkes.

She (Priscilla Yearkes) married Thomas Wood on December 3, 1806. In 1820 Thomas Wood was in Lee Township, Jefferson County.

In 1830 there was a Thomas Wood in Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio and none in Jefferson County, Virginia.