His son, this man's namesake, Wood Bouldin Sr. was promoted from second to first lieutenant of the 14th Virginia Regiment and inherited land in Charlotte County, as well as married Joanna Tyler.

In 1838, another brother/uncle, Louis C. Bouldin, began a decades-long career representing Charlotte, Lunenburg, Nottoway and Prince Edward Counties in the Virginia Senate.

[2] His father owned 3 tracts in Charlotte County, totaling nearly 2300 acres, with a law library of nearly 300 volumes, as well as 30 slaves and the same number of horses.

[6] Seeking a larger practice, and a new environment after the death of his first wife, Bouldin moved to Richmond in 1842 and entered a law partnership with Robert Stanard, who soon became a Judge of the Court of Appeals.

[2] In 1853 Bouldin purchased a plantation on Staunton River formerly owned by John Randolph of Roanoke, so moved back to Charlotte County to practice law.

[1] His namesake son was pardoned by U.S. President Andrew Johnson, but failed to win election to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1868, losing to freed slave Joseph R. Holmes.

He was present to hear the decision of the Virginia Supreme Court concerning the contested Richmond mayoral election of 1870 when the overcrowded balcony collapsed and killed sixty people and injured dozens more.

His eldest son and namesake became active in the state Democratic party and would represent Halifax at the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1902,[13] and play a key role in disenfranchising African Americans.