Descendants of William Wofford (1701-1788)
Note: All generations referenced to William Wofford (1620-1655)
Generation No. 4
1. WILLIAM4 WOFFORD (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Abt 1701 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, and died 1788 in Union County,
96th District, South Carolina. He married (1) MARY UNKNOWN Abt 1725 in
Prince George County, Maryland. He married (2) HANNAH UNKNOWN Abt
1739 in Maryland. He married (3) ABIGAIL TERRELL Abt 1773 in 96th District,
Union County, South Carolina.
Notes:
Member of church in Rockville, Maryland, 1727.
Rockville in present Montgomery County formed 1776 from Frederick County,
which was formed in 1748 from Prince Georges County.
Was in South Carolina by 1752. Was in Maryland in 1751.
South Carolina was originally divided into four Colonial Counties, one of
which was Berkeley County. In 1765 South Carolina was divided into seven
districts, one of which was Ninety-six District out of part of Berkley County.
96 District was comprised of the Union and Spartanburgh Counties.
This is the William Wofford, "the rich Tory", referred to in the diary of Ensign Campbell.
Children of William Wofford and Mary Unknown are:
i. CLARA5 WOFFORD, m. BENJAMIN PAGE.
ii. JAMES WOFFORD.
iii. JEREMIAH WOFFORD.
iv. JOSEPH WOFFORD.
v. WILLIAM WOFFORD, b. Abt 1730, Maryland; m. UNKNOWN
UNKOWN, Abt 1760.
vi. ABSOLOM WOFFORD, b. Abt 1732; d. Bef 1752.
vii. NATHANIEL WOFFORD, b. Abt 1733, Maryland; d. Abt 1767.
Children of William Wofford and Hannah Unknown are:
viii. HANNA5 WOFFORD, m. UNKNOWN MERCHANT.
ix. MARY WOFFORD, m. UNKNOWN BRIAN.
2. x. ELIZABETH WOFFORD, b. Abt 1740, Prince Georges County,
Maryland; d. Abt 1788, Union County, 96th District, South Carolina.
xi. MARGARET WOFFORD, b. July 15, 1742, Prince Georges County,
Maryland; d. August 16, 1784, 96th District, South Carolina; m.
THOMAS WEATHERBEE, October 25, 1761, Colonial Berkeley
County, South Carolina.
3. xii. ABSALOM WOFFORD, b. 1752, 96th District, South Carolina;
d. June 02, 1833, Jackson County, Georgia.
xiii. BENJAMIN WOFFORD, b. 1754, Province of South Carolina;
d. September 15, 1846, Anderson County, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN, 1782, South Carolina.
Child of William Wofford and Abigail Terrell is:
xiv. REBECCAH5 WOFFORD, m. THOMAS TODD.
Generation No. 5
2. ELIZABETH5 WOFFORD (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Abt 1740 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, and died Abt 1788 in Union
County, 96th District, South Carolina. She married WILLIAM RHODES Abt 1760
in Colonial Berkeley County, South Carolina, son of William Rhodes.
Children of Elizabeth Wofford and William Rhodes are:
i. JOHN6 RHODES, b. Abt 1761, Colonial Berkeley County, South Carolina;
d. January 06, 1808, Bedford, Richman County, Georgia; m. MARY POLLY
BOBO, Abt 1787, Union County, 96th District, South Carolina.
ii. MARY RHODES, b. 1763, Richman County, Georgia; d. November 20,
1830; m. JAMES MURPHY, January 30, 1786.
iii. NANCY ANN RHODES, b. May 30, 1764, Richman County, Georgia;
d. August 12, 1825; m. EDMUND MURPHY, February 10, 1785.
iv. WILLIAM RHODES, b. 1765, Richman County, Georgia; m. TELITHA
JOHNSON, April 07, 1807.
v. ABSALOM RHODES, b. April 08, 1770, Orange County, North Carolina;
d. 1835; m. MARY BARTON, 1789.
3. ABSALOM5 WOFFORD (WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born 1752 in 96th District, South Carolina, and died June 02, 1833 in Jackson
County, Georgia. He married HANNAH WOFFORD 1773 in 96th District, South
Carolina, daughter of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey.
Notes:
Absolom Wofford married his first cousin, Hannah, a sister to the "Spartanburg
Five" brothers.
Absolom enlisted on June 15, 1777, as a private in the 1st Regiment of the South
Carolina Continental Line during the Revolutionary War. He served with the 1st
Regiment under Major Daniel Plummer, Fair Forrest Militia, Ninety-Six Brigade,
in Captain Shadrack Lantrey's Company of men who went to Orangeburgh, SC with
Lieutenant Colonel John H. Cruger. Absolom was a 'private' in the unit. He
transferred August 1, 1779, to the 6th South Carolina Regiment, in Captain John
Buchanan's Company, under Lt. Col. William Henderson. He was captured in 1780
by the English. He was released from their custody on July 1, 1781, when he was
transferred to the 3rd South Carolina Continental Regiment. He was discharged
later in the same year. He served honorably in the American Revolution and is
officially listed with the "Daughters" and "Sons of the American Revolution."
In about 1800-03, Absolom and Hannah made the move to "Wofford's Settlement"
in Georgia and then on to Jackson County, Georgia. Absolom drew a small piece
of land in Gilmer County, Georgia, during the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery
Children of Absalom Wofford and Hannah Wofford are:
i. WILLIAM6 WOFFORD, b. Abt 1774, 96th District, South Carolina.
ii. JOHN WOFFORD, b. Abt 1776, 96th District, South Carolina.
4. iii. DANIEL WOFFORD, b. November 22, 1778, Pendleton, South Carolina;
d. October 30, 1846, Georgia.
iv. BENJAMIN WOFFORD, b. Abt 1778, 96th District, South Carolina.
v. ELIZA WOFFORD, b. Abt 1780, 96th District, South Carolina.
5. vi. ABSALOM WOFFORD, b. Abt 1784, 96th District, South Carolina;
d. 1815, Jackson County, Georgia.
vii. JOSEPH WOFFORD, b. Abt 1786, 96th District, South Carolina.
viii. MARY WOFFORD, b. Abt 1788, 96th District, South Carolina.
ix. JEREMIAH WOFFORD, b. Abt 1790, 96th District, South Carolina.
x. JAMES WOFFORD, b. Abt 1792, 96th District, South Carolina.
6. xi. HANNAH WOFFORD, b. Abt 1793, 96th District, South Carolina;
d. Aft May 1846, Jackson County, Georgia.
Generation No. 6
4. DANIEL6 WOFFORD (ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born November 22, 1778 in Pendleton, South Carolina, and
died October 30, 1846 in Georgia. He married TEMPRANCE MCGEHEE
December 05, 1808 in Jackson County, Georgia.
Children of Daniel Wofford and Temprance McGehee are:
i. DANIEL7 WOFFORD.
ii. MARTHA WOFFORD.
iii. MILLY WOFFORD, m. JAMES PARTRIDGE.
iv. TEMPIE WOFFORD, m. UNKNOWN PETTIJOHN.
v. JOSEPH WOFFORD, b. April 24, 1812; d. September 11, 1863,
Sevier County, Arkansas.
vi. ABRAHAM WOFFORD, b. 1815; d. June 12, 1888, White County,
Georgia.
vii. JAMES WHITNEY WOFFORD, b. 1828, Georgia; d. 1889,
McMinn County, Tennessee.
viii. JACOB W. WOFFORD, b. 1836, Hall County, Georgia;
d. May 25, 1865, Point Lookout, Maryland.
5. ABSALOM6 WOFFORD (ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Abt 1784 in 96th District, South Carolina, and died 1815 in
Jackson County, Georgia. He married ELIZA UNKNOWN Abt 1808.
Notes:
He moved to Georgia about 1814/15. His two children, born in Tennessee, were
reared in Jackson County in the household of his father and his sister Hannah.
Children of Absalom Wofford and Eliza Unknown are:
i. JOHN7 WOFFORD, b. Abt 1809, Tennessee; m. JANE WALLIS,
July 28, 1830, Jackson County, Georgia.
7. ii. ELIZA WOFFORD, b. November 12, 1812, Tennessee; d. December 31,
1895, Forsyth County, Georgia.
6. HANNAH6 WOFFORD (ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Abt 1793 in 96th District, South Carolina, and died Aft May
1846 in Jackson County, Georgia. She married JOHN WALLIS.
Children of Hannah Wofford and John Wallis are:
i. ABSALOM WOFFORD7 WALLIS.
ii. MARY WALLIS.
iii. NEALY WALLIS, m. WILLIAM WEST.
iv. PEGGY WALLIS, m. AARON HAYS.
v. REBECCA WALLIS, m. GEORGE SWEATMAN.
vi. SARAH WALLIS, m. JOHN CLARK.
8. vii. WILLIAM WALLIS, b. November 13, 1813, Tennessee; d. July 30, 1885,
Forsyth County, Georgia.
viii. JANE WALLIS, m. JOHN WOFFORD, July 28, 1830, Jackson County, Georgia.
Generation No. 7
7. ELIZA7 WOFFORD (ABSALOM6, ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 12, 1812 in Tennessee, and died
December 31, 1895 in Forsyth County, Georgia. She married WILLIAM WALLIS
June 18, 1833 in Jackson County, Georgia, son of John Wallis and Hannah Wofford.
Child of Eliza Wofford and William Wallis is:
9. i. GEORGE LEWIS8 WALLIS, b. July 05, 1852, Forsyth County, Georgia;
d. May 03, 1919, Forsyth County, Georgia.
8. WILLIAM7 WALLIS (HANNAH6 WOFFORD, ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 13, 1813 in Tennessee,
and died July 30, 1885 in Forsyth County, Georgia. He married ELIZA WOFFORD
June 18, 1833 in Jackson County, Georgia, daughter of Absalom Wofford and Eliza
Unknown.
Child of William Wallis and Eliza Wofford is:
9. i. GEORGE LEWIS8 WALLIS, b. July 05, 1852, Forsyth County, Georgia;
d. May 03, 1919, Forsyth County, Georgia.
Generation No. 8
9. GEORGE LEWIS8 WALLIS (WILLIAM7, HANNAH6 WOFFORD, ABSALOM5,
WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born July 05, 1852 in Forsyth
County, Georgia, and died May 03, 1919 in Forsyth County, Georgia. He married
LAURA BELLE HUGHES May 11, 1879, daughter of Andrew Hughes and Lucinda Ellis.
Child of George Wallis and Laura Hughes is:
10. i. MAUDE LUCINDA9 WALLIS, b. January 06, 1882, Forsyth County, Georgia.
Generation No. 9
10. MAUDE LUCINDA9 WALLIS (GEORGE LEWIS8, WILLIAM7, HANNAH6
WOFFORD, ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was
born January 06, 1882 in Forsyth County, Georgia. She married WILLIAM RUFUS
GARRETT October 06, 1900, son of Seaborn Garrett and Malinda Patterson.
Child of Maude Wallis and William Garrett is:
11. i. BESSIE IRENE10 GARRETT, b. November 29, 1902, Forsyth County, Georgia.
Generation No. 10
11. BESSIE IRENE10 GARRETT (MAUDE LUCINDA9 WALLIS, GEORGE
LEWIS8, WILLIAM7, HANNAH6 WOFFORD, ABSALOM5, WILLIAM4,
WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born November 29, 1902 in Forsyth
County, Georgia. She married LARRY W. PEPPERS January 27, 1921.
Child of Bessie Garrett and Larry Peppers is:
i. IRENE11 PEPPERS.
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