John Arrowood, Sr., of Maryland

John Arwood was listed as a resident in the census report 1778 in Town Hundred, Talbot County, MD. He was listed as a resident in the census report 1790 in Queen Anne's County, MD. His name first is known from a tax list of 1768 in Rowan County, NC, when he was called John Arowod. The next appearance is as John Arewood on a census of Talbot County, Maryland, in 1778. In that same year, a John Arrowood Junior was named on a tax list in Rowan County, implying that an older man of that name was known to the recording clerk, but not necessarily indicating his immediate presence in the area. The 1790 census found a John Arwood in Queen Anne County, Maryland (adjacent to Talbot County). Enumerated were three males over age 16 and five females. No boys under 16 were present. It is not certain, though it seems likely, that the man in Talbot County in 1778 is the same as the man in adjacent Queen Anne County in 1790. No other Ar--wood is known in Maryland after the Revolution. The two instances, and the spelling "Arewood" in 1778, argue against him being a dropped-"H" Harwood. In the 1800 census, he was in Rowan County. He and his wife were both over age 45; there was a young man 16-25 (presumed to be Loyd) and a boy and girl, each 10-15. On the same page is his son John, age 26-45, with a wife 16-25 and children under 10. His son James was in Rutherford County with seven children, including two boys 10-15. The information from that record supports the supposition that in 1790, John was in Talbot County, MD, with his two sons James and John. His wife and daughter, John's wife, and James's wife and possible daughter could have been the five females recorded there. Only the absence of John's son, age 10-15 in 1800, is unexplained. Perhaps he was born in 1790 after the census - he has not been identified. Catastrophe, perhaps disease or accident, struck the family sometime before 1810. The aforementioned unidentified son, and John, his wife, and John Junior all disappeared from the records, and it appears that John Junior's widow and children were residing with Loyd in 1820.

John Arrowood, (son of Father (of Maryland) Born before 1745

John Arwood was listed as a resident in the census report 1778 in Town Hundred, Talbot County, MD. He was listed as a resident in the census report 1790 in Queen Anne's County, MD. His name first is known from a tax list of 1768 in Rowan County, NC, when he was called John Arowod. The next appearance is as John Arewood on a census of Talbot County, Maryland, in 1778. In that same year, a John Arrowood Junior was named on a tax list in Rowan County, implying that an older man of that name was known to the recording clerk, but not necessarily indicating his immediate presence in the area.

John married and had four sons, his bride has yet to be ‘discovered’, as to her identity.

Their four sons were:

• John Arrowood, Jr. Born before 1774
• Isaac (of TN ) Arrowood , Born about 1791
• Lloyd Arrowood, Born 1792 in Lincoln County, North Carolina
• James T. (of Wilkes County NC) Arrowood ~ Born March 1, 1763 This is our James that married Eliza “Lisey” Crowder in 1765 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. * See his story in the posting, "The Arrowood Trail Begins~ James".

References

• https://arrowoodpigeonroostnc.blogspot.com/2009/10/ship-has-sailed-...