Woodmen

Wood-men were a race of Men distantly related to the Edain who by the Third Age inhabited the western portion of Mirkwood forest.

History
During the early and mid parts of the First Age when men began spreading throughout Middle-earth, these people dwelled in the vast forested places in Middle-earth particularly in Brethil. Surviving the tumults and wars over the ages, the descendants of these men came to live in Mirkwood along with a mysterious race of men called the Beornings.

The Wood-men and the Beornings probably had close ties since they lived near to each other braving the many dangers of the forest.

After the War of the Ring and the cleansing of Mirkwood of its evils, the Wood-men and the Beornings were given a large portion of the forest between Thranduil's kingdom, Lorien, and East Lorien to dwell in.