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About Col. William Wofford
A Patriot of the American Revolution for SOUTH CAROLINA with the rank of LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DAR Ancestor # 127390.
Two wives per DAR:
1) SARAH CAMERON
2) MARY X
Two DAR proved children:
- JAMES [1] CELIA BENNETT
- NATHANIEL [1] LYDIA HOPPER
Served in the Cherokee Campaign. Civil Service as a Juror. Patriotic service as a member of the General Assembly 1775-1776.
Added by Kathy Gatlin
Col William Hollingsworth Wofford
BIRTH 25 Oct 1728 Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
DEATH 1823 (aged 94–95) Habersham County, Georgia, USA
BURIAL Toccoa Falls College Cemetery Toccoa Falls, Stephens County, Georgia, USA
MEMORIAL ID 65795830 ·
William Wofford
-Wm. Wofford, was born in the Province of, now state of Maryland, near Rock Creek, about twelve miles above the Federal city, on the 25th day of October, 1728, then Prince George county. Now in the 93rd year of his age. Wrote without spectacles the 30th day of July, 1820.
The foregoing was written on a blank page in Boyers dictionary, a well bound, but very ancient book in the library of Gen. Wm. Wofford, at his residence near Cass Station.
Colonel Wofford is buried near Toccoa, Georgia, on the campus of Toccoa Falls College.
Colonel William Wofford is sometimes listed as General Wofford. Wofford, who founded Wofford's Settlement only reached the rank of colonel in the Continental Army.
The Wofford Settlement was entirely contained in a four-mile wide strip running along Hawkins line just over 23 miles long. William Wofford, his son Nathanial, and other family members and friends totaling around 50 people had received an errant headright land grant from the state of Georgia - the land in the grant was west of the Hawkins Line. The Wofford family discovered the mistake when Benjamin Hawkins' crew cut the 20-foot wide swath through the forest south of the Wofford Settlement indicating the border between the Cherokee Nation and the United States. Wofford's Settlement eventually protested to both the state of Georgia and the United States. The elder Wofford served in the Continental Army as a colonel and this headright grant was part of his payment from the United States for his service.
He was Justice of the Peace, and was the namesake of Woffords Settlement.
- Birth: Oct. 25, 1728
- Prince George's County, Maryland, USA
- Death: Jan. 1823
- Habersham County, Georgia, USA
William Wofford
-Wm. Wofford, was born in the Province of, now state of Maryland, near Rock Creek, about twelve miles above the Federal city, on the 25th day of October, 1728, then Prince George county. Now in the 93rd year of his age. Wrote without spectacles the 30th day of July, 1820.
The foregoing was written on a blank page in Boyers dictionary, a well bound, but very ancient book in the library of Gen. Wm. Wofford, at his residence near Cass Station.
Colonel Wofford is buried near Toccoa, Georgia, on the campus of Toccoa Falls College.
Colonel William Wofford is sometimes listed as General Wofford. Wofford, who founded Wofford's Settlement only reached the rank of colonel in the Continental Army.
The Wofford Settlement was entirely contained in a four-mile wide strip running along Hawkins line just over 23 miles long. William Wofford, his son Nathanial, and other family members and friends totaling around 50 people had received an errant headright land grant from the state of Georgia - the land in the grant was west of the Hawkins Line. The Wofford family discovered the mistake when Benjamin Hawkins' crew cut the 20-foot wide swath through the forest south of the Wofford Settlement indicating the border between the Cherokee Nation and the United States. Wofford's Settlement eventually protested to both the state of Georgia and the United States. The elder Wofford served in the Continental Army as a colonel and this headright grant was part of his payment from the United States for his service.
He was Justice of the Peace, and was the namesake of Woffords Settlement
Colonel William 1728 Wofford 1728 - 1820 Adds: father, mother, more complete birth place, more complete death date, more complete death place, burial place, occupation, residence, sibling(s), spouse(s) and child(ren) Birth: Oct 25 1728
Rock Creek, Montgomery, Maryland, USA Birth: Oct 25 1728
Rock Creek, Prince George's, Maryland, USA Military Service: American Revolutionary War/South Carolina, USA Occupation: Surveyor/ Ancestral File Number: 2GF9-SQ/ Marriage: Marriage to: <Private> Before 1737
Rock Creek, Montgomery, Maryland, USA Marriage: Marriage to: <Private> Before 1766
Frederick, MD Residence: Spartan Division, Ninety Six District, South Carolina, United States 1780 Marriage: Marriage to: <Private> 1790 Residence: Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA 1800 Residence: Franklin County, GA 1811 Residence: Franklin County, GA 1818 Residence: Habersham, Georgia, United States 1820 Death: Jan 3 1820
Toccoa Falls, Habersham, Georgia, USA Burial: Jan 5 1820
Toccoa Falls, Stephens County, Georgia, USA
https://www.dannyastewart.com/stewart/files/Stewart.pdf
APPENDIX B
THE ANCESTORS OF NATHANIEL WOFFORD
(An extension of Chapter 53) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
WILLIAM WOFFORD (b. 1728 Rock Creek MD, d. c1823 Taccoa Falls GA and his grave has a DAR
marker) m. MARY _____.
Children:
- Nathaniel,
- James,
- Benjamin,
- Charlotte,
- Ann,
- Mary,
- Sarah.
- 1 NATHANIEL WOFFORD m1. c1789 in Burke Co. NC to LYDIA HOPPER (d. after 1852 in GA).
- Children: William, Charles, Sarah, Charlotte, John, and Thomas. Moved to northern GA around 1890.
- m2. Ah-ne-wa-ke (Cherokee). Children: Alexander, Nancy, Andrew, Jackson. See Appendix B for
- information on Nathaniel's parents. See Chapter 53 "THE FAMILY OF NATHANIEL WOFFORD and
- LYDIA (HOPPER) WOFFORD."
- 2 JAMES WOFFORD. Did not marry (his will names his parents and siblings).
- 3 BENJAMIN J. WOFFORD (b. c1768, d. 5/12/1836 Habersham Co CA) m. Burke Co. NC to Mary Hollingsworth (daughter of Jacob Hollingsworth and Mary (____) Hollingsworth. They moved to the Wofford Settlement.
- 4 CHARLOTTE WOFFORD m. Thomas Baker.
- 5 ANN "NANCY" WOFFORD m1. William Clark. m2. William Bright. They moved to the Wofford Settlement.
- 6 MARY WOFFORD m1. _____ Lewis. m2. William Witherspoon of Burke Co. NC. They moved to the Wofford Settlement.
- 7 SARAH WOFFORD m. David Gillespi (son of Henry Gillespi). It's not known if they stayed in NC or went to GA.
Research Notes:
The Wofford's went to Georgia Indian Territory in 1793 and built Wofford Station, a fort in the northeast
corner of Banks County. It was the first white settlement in northeast Georgia. When it was inspected it
"commanded four rifles, 3 muskrats and two fussies" worth about 14 pounds (around $35). The name of
the fort later changed to Fort Carnes, but the area is still known as the Wofford Settlement. Only a small
stone remains (it is refuted to be the foundation of the old gatepost).
A survey in 1796 put the fort in Cherokee Indian territory, rather than in the state of Georgia. "General
Wofford" (William in his 70's) rode horseback to present a petition to President Jackson. In 1804, the
"Treaty of Tellico" (also known as the "Four Mile Purchase") returned a four by 23 mile strip of land to
Georgia, that strip including Wofford Settlement
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Col. William Wofford's Timeline
| 1728 |
October 25, 1728
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Prince George's County, Maryland, Colonial America
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| 1749 |
1749
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Montgomery, Frederick, Maryland
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| 1751 |
1751
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Frederick, Maryland
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| 1753 |
1753
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Maryland, USA
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1753
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Frederick, Maryland
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| 1756 |
1756
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Prince George's, Maryland
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| 1766 |
1766
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Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC, Colonial America
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| 1767 |
1767
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Virginia, United States
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| 1823 |
January 1, 1823
Age 94
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Toccoa Falls College Cemetery
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