This home was a private residence from 1834 until about 1980 when it became the law office of J. D. Craddock III who served as Hart County Attorney from 1978 through 2002 and who is still in practice in this very building today.
George T. Wood served as the first Clerk for Hart County when it was formed in 1819. He built this home as his private residence in 1834.
George T. Wood was the father of Thomas J. Wood, who during the Civil War became Major General Thomas J. Wood of the Union Army.
As a child, Thomas J. Wood and his family were friends with (and possibly related to) the Buckner family who lived approximately eight miles upriver from Munfordville. Thomas J. Wood was especially good friends with Simon Bolivar Buckner of the Buckner family.
During the Civil War, Simon Bolivar Buckner became Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner of the Confederate army.
As a child, Simon Bolivar Buckner would stay in this home with the Wood family during the winter so that he would not miss school; thus reinforcing the friendship between he and Thomas J. Wood.
Adulthood and the Civil War pitted the boyhood friends against one another at Chickamauga and Chattanooga. However, fate was gracious to the pair when their battle against one another in their home town was avoided.
More may be read about Thomas J. Wood and Simon Bolivar Buckner at www.craddocklaw.com or by visiting the Hart County Historical Museum on Main Street.
We invite you to stand on the limestone steps and look down the sidewalk toward town and imagine all the changes that this building has seen since its construction in 1834!
This building has served as the backdrop for many family photos for many years. Feel free to snap a photo of your visit. location.
*BONUS* While you are at this cache, venture up the South Street hill to the other side of the the log house (located behind the George Wood house). Just on the other side of the log house visitors will find an antebellum cemetery that includes members of the Wood family. The inscription on "Sarah's" grave is very special.