The Village of Woodsfield was named after Mr. Archibald Woods (1764-1846) of Wheeling, West Virginia. Archibald formerly owned the site of the town that would later become âWoodsfieldâ. Mr. George Paul and Judge Benjamen Ruggles both of St. Clairsville, Ohio, and Mr. Levi Barber of Marietta also owned land in the territory.  As European pioneers chose this wooded, secluded area that reminded them of their homeland, these four gentlemen became the first to clear the land for the settlers.