Jonathan Woody

About Jonathan Woody

Birth Date: 15 June 1756

Birth Location: Surry County, North Carolina

Death Date: 18 April 1850

Death Location: Wapello County, Iowa 

Service Information

Volunteered July 1, 1782 while living in Surry County, North Carolina, served under Colonel Cox and Captain Mat. Moore. He later was placed under the command of Captain Godfrey Isaacks in regiment of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland, in Wilkes County, North Carolina. His years of service were spent mostly in searching the area for British and Tories. See pension S17211 (Source: Southern Campaigns Revolutionary War Pension Applications and Rosters, Transcribed by Will Graves).

Source: Abigail Adams Chapter Iowa Society Daughters of the American Revolution. (1978). Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa. Walsworth Publishing Company.

Burial Information

Cemetery Name: Dahlonega Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 109th Avenue Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa (Coordinates: 41.05400, -92.37000). On private property. You have to drive into the property owner's driveway and then onto a grass pasture to reach the cemetery.

Additional Information: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9253394/jonathan-r-woody 

Source: Stefanie Wager personal photos, Taken August 31, 2025