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Variations of the name include the surnames Woodd, Woode, Woods, Wod, and Wode. [2] The equivalent name in German is Wald, and in many cases, emigrants from the German-speaking countries Anglicized this name to Wood when they settled in countries like the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, et cetera.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
This is the list of surnames of Georgian people This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Nino is the most common feminine name in Georgia, as she converted the Georgians to Christianity in the early 4th century. Giorgi (i. e. George) is the most common masculine name in Georgia and is considered to be the patron saint of the country.
John George Wood (1827–1889), British natural history writer; John Graeme Wood (1933–2007), veteran of the British far right and member of the British Peoples Party; John H. Wood Jr. (1916–1979), U.S. federal judge; John Henry Wood (1841–1914), English entomologist; John J. Wood (1784–1874), U.S. Representative from New York
The surname Wood is common throughout Britain. There are two possible origins of the name. The most common origin is from a topographic name, used to describe a person who lived in or worked in a wood or forest. A less common origin of the name is as a nickname for an eccentric or violent person. [3] [4] [5]
A History of Georgia (1991). Survey by scholars. Coulter, E. Merton. A Short History of Georgia (1933) Grant, Donald L. The Way It Was in the South: The Black Experience in Georgia 1993; London, Bonta Bullard. (1999) Georgia: The History of an American State Montgomery, Alabama: Clairmont Press ISBN 1-56733-994-8. A middle school textbook.
Slaves from Georgia were also brought to Georgia by South Carolinian and Caribbean owners and those purchased in South Carolina, around 44% black slaves in Georgia were shipped to the colony from West Africa (57%), from or via the Caribbean (37%), and from the other mainland colonies in the United States (6%) in the years between 175s and 1771.