Britton Hood^[1]

1767 - 1848  (80 years)

• Name	Britton Hood
  Born	5 Dec 1767	Wayne, North Carolina, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	1848	North Carolina   [2]
  Initiatory (LDS)	8 Nov 2002	COLSC
  _UID	2E1AC40615CA11D782E700047586F39BCFAB
  Person ID	I687	Linder-Hood
  Last Modified	20 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Hood,   b. 3 Mar 1742, Albemarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, United States ,   d. 21 Mar 1809, Johnston, North Carolina, United States  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth,   d. Bef 13 Nov 1782
  _UID	7314F9F458035C44A6AC935EC36D9E0C8C62
  Family ID	F333	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Bass,   b. 1789, Wayne, North Carolina ,   d. Feb 1827  (Age 38 years)
  Married	Abt 1803	Goldsboro, Wayne, North Carolina
  _UID	075F36F91365C04F983DB8E3BAF1FBDE10D5
  Children	1. John Robert Hood,   b. 4 Sep 1804, Goldsboro, Wayne, North Carolina ,   d. 24 Apr 1883, Goldsboro, Wayne, NC  (Age 78 years)   2. William B Hood,   b. 14 Feb 1820, Goldsboro, Wayne, NC ,   d. 18 Jan 1897  (Age 76 years)   3. Britton Hood,   d. DECEASED   4. Robert L Hood,   b. <1810>, ,   d. DECEASED   5. Keziah Hood,   b. Abt 1815, Wayne Co., NC ,   d. Abt 1890, , Wayne, North Carolina  (Age ~ 75 years)   6. Elizabeth Hood,   b. Abt 1819, Wayne, North Carolina, United States ,   d. DECEASED   7. Daniel Thomas Hood,   b. 3 May 1825, Wayne, North Carolina, United States ,   d. Abt 1906  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	21 May 2018 03:52:48
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Katherine Cox
  _UID	950FAB2ED07BCE47A79E30A296BA8BC08FA5
  Children	1. Daniel T Hood
  Last Modified	21 May 2018 03:52:48
  Family ID	F334	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  NOTE "BRITTON HOOD FIRST WAYNE SURVEYOR" BY CHARLES NORWOOD SR., FROM BOOK HISTORY OF WAYNE CO. NORTH CAROLINA. 1810, 1820, 1830, 1840 CENSUS. Copy of Will of Britton Hood- Enclosed in a letter to Samuel Hood- dated 11 February 1964 from Willis S. Hood 800 Marigold Street-Rocy Mount, North Carolina. (no commas or periods in the original will) Britton Hood Will 10-28-1846 (Probate 5:18-1848) In the name of God Amen I Britton Hood of the County of Wayne and State of North Carolina being sick and week of Body but of perfect mind do make and ordain this Instrument of writing to be my Last Will and Testiment That is to say first I lend to my Wife Katherine all the Land below the Asher field that I reserved for her in a deed that I give to my son William B Hood during her natural lifetime Item I give to my son Daniel T Hood the Land whereon I now live lying on the south Side of the Horse Swamp and bounded as follows Viz Beginning at a Blackgum in the main......land is described.....containing 1,000 acres I also give two acres in the fork of the road for a meeting house Item It is my will and desire that all my perishable property consisting of all my Negroes of every description farming tools ...stock.....crops...household and kitchen furniture...and my surveying instruments be sold by my executor......on a Twelve months credit and the money arising from the sale together with my notes after paying my just Debts to be Equally divided between the following named persons to wit my wife Katherine John R Hood Britton Hood Jr Robert T Hood William B Hood Coziah Brogden & Daniel T Hood Item 4th I give to my Grand Daughter Polly Granthom one Hundred Dollars Item 5th I give to my Grand Daughter Zilphia Overman one Hundred Dollars Item 6th I also give to my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Benson one Hundred Dollars Item 7 I also give to my Daughter Elizabeth Holloman one dollar (?) Item 8 I also give my Son Daniel T Hood my still and what belongs to it I nominate and appoint my son John R Hood as my executor --------------------------- Deed (10-27 -1846) Britton Hood to William B. Hood for $888 1,000 acres. Excepting my natural lifetime and my wife Catherine's natural lifetime.. All land below Asher field. Deed (10-26-1846) Britton Hood to Robert L. Hood, for $888 444 acres. The IGI in December 1994 listed "EVENT": Miscellanious Abt 1769 Of , , Johnson, North Carolina In the records of Jody Jensen. The dates for Baptism, Endowment, and Seal to Parents do not show as in this record. Baptism, Endowment, and Seal to Parents all show; Sub 14 Apr 1999. No Temple listed. Posted by Laura Horne azbeep@aol.com on April 29, 1999 at 10:15:55: In Reply to: Re: Britton Hood NC posted by Jack R. Hood on November 04, 1998 at 04:15:37: This is a direct line for us too. I found a cemetery listing for Bold Robin Hood (Who was Britton Hood's twin brother) That said he was born 5 Dec. 1767. There was a Britton Jr. ---------------------------------- BRITTON HOOD: FIRST WAYNE SURVEYOR By: Charles Norwood, Sr. (From the Book "History of North Carolina") Britton Hood (1767 - 1848) was Wayne County's first Surveyor of record. Britton, Bold Robin and John C. Hood, sons of Nathaniel B. Hood, came to Eastern North Carolina from Lynn, Massachusetts, in the early part of 1790. (Note, (added by Michael Jensen July 1999): This has not been proven. It is believed now that Nathaniel Hood and Elizabeth Britton were the parents & they came from Virginia but more proof is still needed.) Britton with Robin went first to New Bern but left his twin brother, Bold Robin (also a surveyor). After a very short stay. He rode his horse alone into Waynesborough a few years after it was incorporated. Strapped to his horse were all his worldly goods - his surveying instruments. Britton Hood settled in the Grantham Community in the western part of the county, between Big and Little Creek of the Thoroughfare. Here he built a small log cabin. Later in 1820 he built a larger house located on a farm to the rear of Mrs. Stella Stevens home on the Old Grantham Road. This house is still standing but it is long past been (sic) a home. His eldest son, John Robert, later took over and raised his large family of 11 children here. John Robert's wife was Dizy Grantham, only daughter of Solomon Grantham. Britton Hood built a third house just south of present Highway 13 near Grantham School. This was his last home and here he died in 1848. The house still stands in the center of his 1000-acre plantation that he left by will to his son Daniel T. Hood. He retained a life estate. For 50 years, no one's name in this county appeared in the county records more frequently than that of Britton Hood -- as a surveyor, as a witness, as a grantor and grantee. He was involved in most all transfers and divisions of land in the county. He surveyed and divided William Whitfield's vast acreage after his death early in 1800. He surveyed and laid out Old Waynesborough into lots. In his later years he was surveying for Wilmington & Weldon Railroad and still later he joined his twin brother in New Bern to start surveying the right-of-way for the North Carolina railroad know as the Mullet line running from Goldsboro to Morehead City. Britton Hood received land in Wayne County as Early as 1795. He purchased, traded and finally deeded away large acreages to his sons only two days before his death. He owned at one time approximately 3,000 acres of land and 15 slaves. In his will he left "2 acres in the fork of the road for a Meeting House. This two acres was the site of Falling Creek Baptist Church which was built in 1848, the year of Britton Hood;s death. He directed that his personal property, including the slaves and "my surveying instruments," be sold and the proceeds "together with my notes, after paying my just debts" be divided amoung his children. To his son, Daniel T., was bequeathed "My still and what belongs to it." A son of John Robert Hood and grandson of Britton Hood was Edward R. Hood. He moved to Goldsboro from his home near Falling Creek Baptist Church and became Wayne County Treasurer. At his death in 1899, his son, George E. Hood, assumed the duties and titles to T reasurer. In 1901 George Hood was Mayor of Goldsboro and later became Congressman, representing this district for many years. In 1906 Mrs. Edith Hood, George Hood's mother, was living at 105. Another son of John Robert Hood was Soloman Pope Hood. He was the father of Gurney P. Hood and Clarence P. Hood, both founders of the Hood system Banks in this state. Mr. Gurney P. Hood served as the first State commissioner of Banks. A daughter of John Robert Hood, Polly Ann, married Moses Britt of the Grantham Community. A grandson of this couple, W. G. Britt, Jr., resides in Goldsboro today. Another son of Britton Hood was Daniel T. who married Temperance Best. This son inherited the homeplace and 100 acres of land, Britton retaining a life estate. A son of Daniel T. Hood was Grover Hood, a prominent farmer in the Grantham Community. He married Emma Rose and they had 11 children, most of whom live in the community today. ------------------------------------------- Excerpt from a copy of a newspaper story that appeared in "The Goldsboro News Argus" Thursday, September 6, 1962, Goldsboro, North Carolina. John Robert Hood was the son of Britton hood, whose own home considerably enlarged - is still standing on Highway 13, just across Horse Swamp from the son's home. The Britton Hood Home, originally containing two rooms, was removed from across the highway by his son, Daniel T. Hood,who inherited his father's homeplace, consisting of 1,000 acres. Daniel, who was a noted fox hunter, added a wing to the house. He was a Baptist preacher and the father of W. Graham Hood of Goldsboro. Daniel T. Hood and his wife, Temperance Best Hood, had six children, including Daniel J. Hood retired attorney of Buice Creek, Another son, William Henry Hood was the Grandfather of County Dog Warden Horace Hood and the father of Dr. Marshall H. Hood, an eye, ear, and nose specialist of Portsmouth, Va. William Henry Hood was the first husband of Sara Jinnette, whose daughter by a second marriage, Mrs. Effie Parker, is historian of the Daniel T. Hood clan. Billy Hood of Goldsboro is current president of the clan which meets annually on the second Sunday in September. The original Britton Hood home was weatherboarded, suggesting that it was built later later than the log home of his son, John Robert Sr. -- possibly at the time of his second marriage to Katherine Cox, by who he had one child, Daniel T. Hood. He had first married a Sullivan. It is thought likely that Britton Hood built and perhaps lived in the John Robert Hood home, which could be over 150 years old. ______________________ Britton Hood, Esq., husband of Mary Bass, daughter of Edward Bass brought suit to revoke the conditions of the will of Edward Bass, based upon the fact it was not his handwriting, and that he had issue not included in the will, namely Mary and Keziah Bass who married John Cox. This lawsuit is in Edward's Bass's notes, father of Mary Bass.

  
  

• Sources

  [S296] History of North Carolina Britton Hood: First Wayne Surveyor. [S295] Copy of Will of Britton Hood.