Byron Writt Woodson

BYRON W. WOODSON, SR. is a son of Minnie S. Woodson, who researched the Woodson genealogy and wrote the Woodson Source Book. He is a sixth-generation descendant of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson and a great-greatgrandson of the Reverend Lewis Woodson, the father of black nationalism. Byron Woodson gave a blood sample for the Hemings/Jefferson DNA test in 1997 and with his wife, Trena has extended research to Thomas Jefferson's papers, uncovering new findings. Woodson is a graduate of...See more

BYRON W. WOODSON, SR. is a son of Minnie S. Woodson, who researched the Woodson genealogy and wrote the Woodson Source Book. He is a sixth-generation descendant of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson and a great-greatgrandson of the Reverend Lewis Woodson, the father of black nationalism. Byron Woodson gave a blood sample for the Hemings/Jefferson DNA test in 1997 and with his wife, Trena has extended research to Thomas Jefferson's papers, uncovering new findings. Woodson is a graduate of Lincoln University (PA) and Temple University, where he earned an MBA. See less