Mary F. Driggers

Mary F George

• Birth: 1700 - Northampton, Virginia, United States
• Death: 1755 - Northampton Co, Virginia, USA
• Parents: Peter "negroe" George, Mary Elizabeth Driggers
• Siblings: Joan George, Susan George, Anthony George, Mary George, Mary George, Mary George
• Husband: Johnson Driggers
• Children: Johnson Driggers, Mark Driggers, Matthew Driggers, Thomas Driggers, Caleb Driggers, William Driggers, Thomas Driggers, Winslow Driggers, Elizabeth Driggers

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Notes

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~flbakehs/DriggersFamilyResearch.pdf

Johnson Driggers married and had seven children: Johnson, Mark, Matthew, Thomas, Caleb, Winslow, and WILLIAM I. Johnson’s son, Winslow Driggers is reported to have first been an Indian fighter in the South Carolina Militia, then a notorious outlaw leader of a gang said to accept free African Americans as equals. He escaped from jail in Savannah, GA in the fall of 1770 and returned to the area of the Little Peedee River in North and South Carolina. The following year he was captured and hung on the spot near Downing Creek. His captors used the provisions of the Negro Act as an excuse to hang him without a trial.

Mary George. May have been Mary "Johnson." She was believed to have been born around 1700.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/George-3697

believe that Mary George, is some how connected on some generation, to the same George family as Col John George. She married Johnston Driggers, whose Grandfather Manuel Driggus/Driggers, was owned by Francis Potts with whom lands were purchased. (mentioned in John George's information on his profile). Manuel was one of the "Odd and twenty negroes", the first to be brought to America, at Jamestown Colony. It is possible that Mary George was a slave of this George family, in some generation or branch, or the child of a slave owner of this family and a slave. More research is needed. Also, Robert Bennett is one if my GGrandfathers and I have a genetic match to the surnames Pardoe, Pennington, Powell, Lear, and Smith.[4]

References

• https://sites.rootsweb.com/~flbakehs/DriggersFamilyResearch.pdf