I have found a C. Wood living in Boon Township, Green County, Missouri in 1860. Wife is Rebecca. Dwelling/Family - 721/720.

C. Wood age 50 TN
Rebecca 43 TN
John 22 TN
Luvinea (?) 18 TN
Jacob 15 TN (could this be Joseph, he's the right age)
Israil 14 TN
Barbary J. 4 MO

Of course we don't know who gave the information to the census taker. I believe this has got to be OUR Clement Wood. With Rebecca and Barbary J. both being in the 1870 census with Clement pretty much does it for me.

1870 US Federal Census of Buffalo, Newton, Missouri:

Clement Wood, 62, white male, farmer, Tennessee

Rebecca , 54, Missouri

Barbarry J., 13, Missouri

Also in the above census, living next door:

Joseph Wood, 25, white, male, farmer, Tennessee

Nancy E., 24, Missouri

John O., 1, male, Missouri

1880 Census of McMillan, McDonald, Missouri:

Clement Wood, married, male, white, 73, TN, Farmer, NC, NC

Rebecca Wood, wife, female, white, 64, TN, NC, NC

See the 1900 census of Buffalo, Newton, County below:

William Woods, born Nov 1834, age 65, in current marriage for 14 years, born in Tennessee, father born in Tennessee, mother born in Tennessee. (William may be from a previous marriage.)

Sarah C. Woods, wife, born in 1878, age 32, in current marriage for 14 years.

Plumbley (?), son, age 13.

John, son, age 11.

Leonard, son, age 9.

Frank, son, age 2,

Rebecca, mother, born Mar 1817, age 83, and it looks like it says Wd. for widowed. If she were married, this census would tell how many years she was in the current marriage.

Clement and Rebeca were buried in the churchyard where they attended Church--Swar's Praire Baptist Church near Seneca, Missouri. It is in the Buffalo Township. His gravestone reads "Clement Wood, Oct 21, 1807 to Feb 2, 1889". His wife's gravestone reads "Rebeca Wood, Mar 17, 1818 to Mar 17, 190?". Other records show this date as 1907. Apparently, a grandson or greatgrandson is buried with them. His tombstone reads Frank W. Wood, Nov 4, 1887 to Feb 21, 1901". He was only 14 years old when he died.

Clement Woods to Rebecca Harmon, 2 Aug 1838. By Wm. Dotson, J.P. (This could be a second marriage or this date could be wrong, since their first child was born in 1834 and the second about 1838.)

I received a letter saying that a friend had found Clement Woods in the 1840 and 1850 census of Monroe County, Tennessee. In the 1950 census, they were listed with children:

Wm, age 15 TN, John, age 10 TN, Orlinda, age 8 TN, Josiah, age 6, TN and Israel age 4, TN.

(I dismissed this information because I thought they had only two children, Joseph and Barbary.)

Now, I think she may be correct. She goes on to say, "From there I have traced them to 1860 in Boon, Green County, MO. 1870 in Buffalo, Newton, MO and 1880 in McMillan, McDonald, MO. I believe they are the parents of my great-great-grandfather, William Jackson Woods, born June 27, 1835, TN. He married Esther Caroline Webb in 1862 and remained in Monroe Co. until his death in 1910. I just can’t tie him in with them any way."

1850 Census of Knox County, TN:

This is NOT the right Clement Wood, but I think he may be a relative. He was born in Randolph County, North Carolina on 14 May 1797 and died in Knox County, Tenn. on 14 May 1858. I think he might be a cousin of my Clement.

WOOD, Clement, farmer, $1800, 57, NC

Hannah, 56, NC

Rufus, 23, TN

Sarah, 19, TN

Living in neighboring farms:

WOOD, Solomon, farmer, 24, TN

Manerva, 20, TN

WOOD, Calvin, farmer, $1000, 37, TN

Martha J., 26, TN

John M., school, 8, TN

Telitha C., 5, TN

Nancy J., 2, TN

WOOD, John, farmer, $800, 33, TN

Orpreth, 23, TN (Name is Cyneth on another copy of this census)

Eveline, 2, TN

Augustus Mc, 6 mos, TN

MONDAY, William, laborer, 25, TN

WOOD, Alfred, farmer, $450, 36, TN

Sylvania, 30, AL

Margaret E., school, 8, TN

William A., 5, TN

Mary J., 3, TN

On the 1815 Tax List of Randolph County, NC, there is Zebedee Wood, Esq., Zebedee Wood (of Clement), Clement Wood, Samuel Wood, and Robert Wood (of Clement). Zebedee was born in 1744 and his son, Clement in 1766.

Clement is not listed in the 1860 census of Tennessee, presumably because he moved to Missouri by this time. Solomon, Calvin and Alfred are still listed in the Tennessee census but John is not.

Clement may have bought land in Polk County, Missouri in 1854 and 1856:

Accession/Serial #: MO5430__.038 BLM Serial #: MO NO S/N

Names Survey

State: MISSOURI

Acres: 40

Patentee: CLEMENT WOOD Metes/Bounds: No

Title Transfer Document Numbers

Issue Date: 9/15/1854 Document Nr.: 14082

Land Office: Springfield Accession/Serial Nr.: MO5430__.038

Cancelled: No BLM Serial Nr.: MO NO S/N

U.S. Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Aliquot Parts Sec./ Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian State Counties Survey Nr.

NESW 22/ 32-N 24-W No 5th PM MO Polk

Accession/Serial #: MO5450__.461 BLM Serial #: MO NO S/N

Names Survey

State: MISSOURI

Acres: 120

Patentee: CLEMENT WOOD Metes/Bounds: No

Title Transfer Document Numbers

Issue Date: 3/10/1856 Document Nr.: 15401

Land Office: Springfield Accession/Serial Nr.: MO5450__.461

Cancelled: No BLM Serial Nr.: MO NO S/N

U.S. Reservations: No

Mineral Reservations: No

Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)

Aliquot Parts Sec./ Block Township Range Fract. Section Meridian State Counties Survey Nr.

E½NE 10/ 31-N 24-W No 5th PM MO Polk

NWNW 11/ 31-N 24-W No 5th PM MO Polk