Family: Joseph SHERWOOD / Mary ___ (F21641)
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Child 1 | Male
Daniel SHERWOOD
Born CA 1814 Pennsylvania 
Died 6 Apr 1898 West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Cowan Cemetery, Georges Camp, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV
Child 2 | Male
John SHERWOOD
Born 21 Dec 1816 Fayette Co, PA Died 17 Dec 1893 Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Eleanor BEE | F17905 Married 14 Nov 1843 Tyler Co, (W)VA Spouse Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN | F28019 Married 4 Nov 1871 Doddridge Co, WV
Child 3 | Female
Sarah SHERWOOD
Born CA 1817 Pennsylvania Died Buried Spouse John Webster RICHARDS | F21800 Married 12 Feb 1835 Harrison Co, (W)VA
Child 4 | Male
Joseph SHERWOOD, Jr.
Born 23 Oct 1819 Pennsylvania Died 16 Aug 1896 Buried Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Susanna JACOBS | F27357 Married 10 Jun 1845 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 5 | Female
Elizabeth SHERWOOD
Born CA 1824 Pennsylvania Died Bef Jun 1860 Buried Spouse Enos BEE | F21640 Married 28 Oct 1852 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 6 | Male
Samuel Todd SHERWOOD
Born 7 Jul 1828 Fayette Co, PA Died 14 Dec 1900 Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Buried Cowan Cemetery, Georges Camp, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Spouse Drusilla BLAND | F24017 Married 17 Nov 1853 Doddridge Co, (W)VA
Child 7 | Male
Benjamin F. SHERWOOD
Born Jan 1839 Harrison Co, (W)VA Died 14 Aug 1908 Buried Spouse Elizabeth RICHARDS | F35242 Married 18 Mar 1866 Doddridge Co, WV
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Notes - Joseph Sherwood was residing in present-day Doddridge County (then Harrison County) as early as 1838, as his signature appears on a legislative petition for the formation of a new county. Additionally, according to an 1833 map containing the location of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Western Sections of the North Western Turnpike, the Sherwood family was already living then in present-day Doddridge County. The map is on file at the Library of Virginia, Board of Public Works division.
1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
Joseph Sherwood, 58, b. Del, farmer; Mary, 59, b. Md; Samuel T, 21, b. Pa, farmer; Elizabeth, 26, b. Pa; Joseph Jr, 28, b. Pa; Susanna, 22, b. Va; Ethalinda, 5, b. Va; James T, 1, b. Va.
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
Daniel Sherwood, 40, b. Pa, farmer; Joseph, 65, b. Del, farmer; Mary, 65, b. Md; Jane Richards, 17, b. Va; Evan Richards, 22, b. Va.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp):
Daniel Sherwood, 55, b. Pa, farmer; Mary Sherwood, 78, b. Md; Sarah Richards, 54, b. Pa; Delilah Richards, 15, b. Va.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
John Sherwood, 62, farmer, b. Pa; wife Elizabeth A, 30, b. Pa, cannot write; dau Maud, 14, b. WVa; mother Mary, 90, b. Pa [sic], widowed, cannot write.
NOTE: Daughter Maud Sherwood is actually John Sherwood's stepdaughter, Barbara Maude Steel, daughter of Elizabeth McClain and James E. Steel, who were not married
We have found no record of Joseph Sherwood after the 1860 Census, or of his wife Mary after the 1880 Census. Based largely on headstones at a cemetery in Buchanan Co, Missouri, some researchers report that this Joseph Sherwood was born Aug 2 1794 and died Mar 28 1863 in Missouri, and that his wife was Margery (b. Sep 24 1798, d. Jan 24 1859). We believe this to be incorrect, as it is contradicted by the foregoing census records.
- Joseph Sherwood was residing in present-day Doddridge County (then Harrison County) as early as 1838, as his signature appears on a legislative petition for the formation of a new county. Additionally, according to an 1833 map containing the location of the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Western Sections of the North Western Turnpike, the Sherwood family was already living then in present-day Doddridge County. The map is on file at the Library of Virginia, Board of Public Works division.