Descendants of William Wofford (1703-1749)
Note: All generations referenced to William Wofford (1620-1655)
Generation No. 4
1. WILLIAM4 WOFFORD (JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt
1703 in Maryland, and died Abt 1749 in Talbot County, Maryland. He married
DIANAH BARNWELL Abt 1730 in Maryland, daughter of James Barnwell.
Children of William Wofford and Dianah Barnwell are:
i. LEAH5 WOFFORD.
ii. RACHEL WOFFORD.
iii. HANNAH WOFFORD.
2. iv. JOHN WOFFORD, b. Abt 1740, Talbot County, Maryland;
d. 1809, Rockingham County, North Carolina.
v. SARAH WOFFORD.
vi. ELIZABETH WOFFORD.
Generation No. 5
2. JOHN5 WOFFORD (WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
Abt 1740 in Talbot County, Maryland, and died 1809 in Rockingham County, North
Carolina. He married (1) MARY TERRY Abt 1765 in South Carolina. He married
(2) NANCY UNKNOWN 1775 in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
Children of John Wofford and Mary Terry are:
i. ISAAC6 WOFFORD, b. Rockingham County, North Carolina; m. SARAH
KIRKPATRICK, Guilford County, North Carolina.
ii. NANCY WOFFORD, b. Rockingham County, North Carolina; m.
THOMAS CAULK, 1810, Guilford County, North Carolina.
3. iii. JOHN WOFFORD, b. Abt 1770, Union County, 96th District, South
Carolina; d. 1843, Stewart County, Tennessee.
4. iv. DANIEL WOFFORD, b. Union County, 96th District, South Carolina.
Children of John Wofford and Nancy Unknown are:
5. v. JESSIE6 WOFFORD, b. 1776, Union County, 96th District, South
Carolina; d. 1814, Stewart County, Tennessee.
6. vi. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE WOFFORD, b. Abt 1778, Union County,
96th District, South Carolina; d. 1846, Henry County, Tennessee.
vii. JAMES WOFFORD, b. Aft 1788, Rockingham County, North
Carolina; m. ELIZABETH HICKMAN, 1828, Guilford County,
North Carolina.
viii. MARY WOFFORD, b. Bef 1799, Union County, 96th District, South
Carolina; m. UNKNOWN HAMILTON, Abt 1809.
Generation No. 6
3. JOHN6 WOFFORD (JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born Abt 1770 in Union County, 96th District, South Carolina, and died 1843
in Stewart County, Tennessee. He married SARAH SALLY GARDNER Abt 1791
in North Carolina.
Notes:
John moved from North Carolina to Georgia by 1807 and in 1810 or 1811 moved
from Georgia to Tennessee, settling in Stewart County, Tennessee. His desendants
are known as " The Stewart County, Tennessee Woffords". The father of this John
Wofford (6) states in his will (1809) that his son John and Daniel had already "left this
country".
Stewart County , Tennessee was established by the Legislature November 1, 1803, out
of territory taken from the County of Montgomery. (RAY-TENN, p. 701)
Children of John Wofford and Sarah Gardner are:
7. i. SAM7 WOFFORD.
8. ii. GIRL WOFFORD.
9. iii. GIRL WOFFORD.
10. iv. JAMES T. WOFFORD, b. 1793, North Carolina.
11. v. JOHN WESLEY WOFFORD.
12. vi. PETER TERRY WOFFORD, b. 1821, Stewart County, Tennessee.
vii. GIRL WOFFORD, m. UNKNOWN EARL.
4. DANIEL6 WOFFORD (JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born in Union County, 96th District, South Carolina. He married TEMPIE
MCGEHEE December 14, 1808 in Franklin County, Georgia.
Children of Daniel Wofford and Tempie McGehee are:
i. JAMES7 WOFFORD.
ii. MILLY WOFFORD.
iii. JACOB WOFFORD.
iv. MARTHA WOFFORD.
v. DANIEL WOFFORD.
5. JESSIE6 WOFFORD (JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)
was born 1776 in Union County, 96th District, South Carolina, and died 1814 in
Stewart County, Tennessee. She married JAMES WOFFORD.
Child of Jessie Wofford and James Wofford is:
13. i. CAUSEY7 WOFFORD.
6. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE6 WOFFORD (JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born Abt 1778 in Union County, 96th District, South Carolina, and
died 1846 in Henry County, Tennessee. He married (1) SARAH YERKES Abt 1800
in Guilford County, North Carolina. He married (2) SARAH YERKES 1800 in Guilford
County, North Carolina.
Notes:
Henry County, Tennessee is near Stewart County, Tennessee.
William Lafayette Wofford (6) sold his land in Guilford County, North Carolina about
1818, and moved to Stewart County, Tennessee; later moved to Henry County, Tennessee.
Children of William Wofford and Sarah Yerkes are:
14. i. ELIZABETH7 WOFFORD, b. 1801, Guilford County, North Carolina;
d. 1854, Tennesse.
ii. BENJAMIN WOFFORD, b. 1802, Guilford County, North Carolina;
d. 1855.
15. iii. JOHN SMITH WOFFORD, b. February 18, 1803, Guilford County,
North Carolina; d. December 20, 1885, Pilot Grove, Dent County, Missouri.
iv. CHARLES P. WOFFORD, b. 1804, Guilford County, North Carolina;
d. 1865; m. JERUSHA BURTON.
v. SARAH WOFFORD, b. 1808, Guilford County, North Carolina;
d. 1850; m. HUBBARD CAUSEY.
16. vi. WILLIAM DOCTOR WOFFORD, b. 1813, Guilford County, North
Carolina; d. 1880.
vii. LEVINNIA WOFFORD, b. 1814, Guilford County, North Carolina.
viii. ANNA WOFFORD, b. 1816, Guilford County, North Carolina; m.
IREDELL PHILLIPS.
ix. JAMES MONROE WOFFORD, b. Abt 1819, Stewart County,
Tennessee; d. 1890; m. (1) FRANEY BURTON; m. (2) MARY M.
CAUSEY PHILLIPS.
Generation No. 7
7. SAM7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1).
Children of Sam Wofford are:
17. i. JAMES8 WOFFORD.
18. ii. JOHN GARVIS WOFFORD, b. North Carolina.
19. iii. LAWSON WOFFORD.
iv. MIRAH WOFFORD, b. 1829; d. 1906; m. JNO WOFFORD.
v. MARANDA WOFFORD.
vi. SARAH WOFFORD.
8. GIRL7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1). She married UNKNOWN SCARBOURGH.
Children of Girl Wofford and Unknown Scarbourgh are:
i. SUMNER8 SCARBOROUGH.
ii. GEORGE SCARBOROUGH.
9. GIRL7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1). She married ACY SCARBOROUGH.
Children of Girl Wofford and Acy Scarborough are:
i. J H8 SCARBOROUGH.
ii. SAM SCARBOROUGH.
iii. JOHN SCARBOROUGH.
iv. ED SCARBOROUGH.
10. JAMES T.7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1) was born 1793 in North Carolina. He married JESSIE ELIZABETH
UNKNOWN.
Notes:
A native of North Carolina, lived in Georgia, and came to Stewart County,
Tennessee in 1811.
Children of James Wofford and Jessie Unknown are:
20. i. ALBERT GREEN8 WOFFORD, b. March 04, 1823, Stewart County,
Tennessee; d. Abt 1903, Stewart County, Tennessee.
ii. CHARLIE WOFFORD.
21. iii. FRANCIS WOFFORD.
iv. GIRL WOFFORD, m. ROBERT BYRD.
22. v. JACK WOFFORD.
vi. MARMING WOFFORD, m. JOE KENNEDY.
23. vii. WILLIAM GARLAND WOFFORD, b. 1826, Stewart County,
Tennessee; d. Stewart County, Tennessee.
11. JOHN WESLEY7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1).
Child of John Wofford is:
i. MARTHA J8 WOFFORD, m. N D ELLIOT.
12. PETER TERRY7 WOFFORD (JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1821 in Stewart County, Tennessee. He
married MARY A. BUFFORD 1840.
Notes:
Served as Sheriff, Revenue Collector, and Trustee of Stewart County, Tennessee.
Child of Peter Wofford and Mary Bufford is:
i. ROBERT F.8 WOFFORD.
13. CAUSEY7 WOFFORD (JESSIE6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2,
WILLIAM1). She married DILL PHILLIPS.
Children of Causey Wofford and Dill Phillips are:
i. CALVIN8 PHILLIPS.
ii. JOHN PHILLIPS.
iii. ASBERRY PHILLIPS.
iv. DILL PHILLIPS.
14. ELIZABETH7 WOFFORD (WILLIAM LAFAYETTE6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1801 in Guilford County, North
Carolina, and died 1854 in Tennessee. She married JAMES WOFFORD.
Children of Elizabeth Wofford and James Wofford are:
i. WILLIAM8 WOFFORD, b. Abt 1827, Tennesse.
ii. FRANCIS WOFFORD, b. Abt 1831, Tennesse.
iii. EMILY WOFFORD, b. Abt 1834, Tennesse.
iv. CHARLES WOFFORD, b. Abt 1838, Tennesse.
v. MOURNING WOFFORD, b. Abt 1840, Tennesse.
vi. SARAH WOFFORD, b. Abt 1850, Tennesse.
15. JOHN SMITH7 WOFFORD (WILLIAM LAFAYETTE6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born February 18, 1803 in Guilford County,
North Carolina, and died December 20, 1885 in Pilot Grove, Dent County, Missouri.
He married HESTER ANN CAUSEY 1827 in Henry County, Tennessee.
Notes:
John Smith Wofford led a wagon train to Dent County Missouri in 1832.
Children of John Wofford and Hester Causey are:
24. i. CHARLES PINKNEY8 WOFFORD, b. 1829, Dover, Tennnessee;
d. 1901, Salem, Dent County, Missouri.
ii. ELIZABETH CAROLINE WOFFORD, b. 1830, Henry County,
Tennessee; d. 1850; m. MALCOLM MCNEIL.
iii. SARAH JANE WOFFORD, b. 1832; m. LABEN PEWETT, March 10,
1859, Dent County, Missouri.
iv. HUBBARD COLUMBUS WOFFORD, b. 1835, Dent County, Missouri;
m. MISSOURI JANE MCNEIL, April 13, 1856.
v. MARY M. E. A. WOFFORD, b. May 22, 1837, Dent County, Missouri;
d. December 06, 1918; m. NEWTON JASPER MCNEIL, March 20, 1856.
vi. JAMES GARLAND WOFFORD, b. January 08, 1840; d. December 30,
1926; m. MARY E. MITCHELL, May 02, 1868.
vii. SUSAN ARMINTA A. WOFFORD, b. October 12, 1842; d. November 24,
1912; m. (1) JASPER N. COX; m. (2) DAVID DAVIDSON.
viii. MARTHA ELENDER WOFFORD, b. December 06, 1846; d. February 07,
1918; m. JOHN CALVIN WELCH, December 20, 1866.
ix. TENNESSEE AMANDA A. WOFFORD, b. July 14, 1850, Dent County,
Missouri; d. October 02, 1884; m. DAVID DAVIDSON, January 26, 1871.
x. WILLIAM TERRY WOFFORD, b. 1854, Dent County, Missouri; d. 1931,
Pilot Grove, Dent County, Missouri; m. AIMMIE BURGALTY.
16. WILLIAM DOCTOR7 WOFFORD (WILLIAM LAFAYETTE6, JOHN5,
WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1813 in Guilford County,
North Carolina, and died 1880. He married MARY C. WYNN.
Children of William Wofford and Mary Wynn are:
i. THOMAS W.8 WOFFORD, b. Abt 1835.
ii. WILLIAM JASPER WOFFORD, b. Abt 1837.
Generation No. 8
17. JAMES8 WOFFORD (SAM7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1).
Children of James Wofford are:
i. SAM9 WOFFORD.
ii. GEORGE WOFFORD.
iii. JIM WOFFORD.
iv. FRANK WOFFORD.
v. ANNA WOFFORD, m. WILLIE WOFFORD.
vi. EFFIE WOFFORD.
18. JOHN GARVIS8 WOFFORD (SAM7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born in North Carolina. He married MORIAH WARD.
Notes:
Worked in an iron furnace. He deeded the original Wofford Cemetery located
adjacent to Walnut Grove Baptist Church, about three miles from Kentucky Lake.
Children of John Wofford and Moriah Ward are:
i. ROBERT9 WOFFORD.
ii. ISAAC NEWTON WOFFORD, b. 1861; d. 1929; m. ADA MAUDE
SEXTON.
iii. HENRY WOFFORD.
iv. TOM WOFFORD.
v. BETTY WOFFORD.
vi. SUDIE WOFFORD.
vii. MARY WOFFORD.
viii. LILLIE WOFFORD.
19. LAWSON8 WOFFORD (SAM7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1).
Children of Lawson Wofford are:
i. LOYD O.9 WOFFORD, m. (1) LILLIAN SYKES; m. (2) LILLIAN SYKES.
ii. ARCH WOFFORD.
iii. THOMAS WOFFORD.
iv. ALTHA WOFFORD.
v. MERTIE WOFFORD, b. 1894; d. 1929.
20. ALBERT GREEN8 WOFFORD (JAMES T.7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born March 04, 1823 in Stewart County,
Tennessee, and died Abt 1903 in Stewart County, Tennessee. He married NANCY
GRIMES January 30, 1845.
Children of Albert Wofford and Nancy Grimes are:
i. JAMES9 WOFFORD, m. MATT SYKES.
ii. WILLIE WOFFORD, m. ANNA UNKNOWN.
iii. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WOFFORD, b. 1854; d. 1937; m. MOLLIE
SEXTON.
iv. WILLIE WOFFORD, m. ANNA WOFFORD.
v. ALLEN WOFFORD, b. 1856; d. 1941; m. EFFIE SEXTON.
vi. WESLEY WOFFORD, m. CALLIE J ROWLETT.
vii. BETTY ANN WOFFORD, m. ASBERRY CAUSEY.
viii. MARY WOFFORD, m. J F SYKES.
ix. ALBERTINE WOFFORD, b. 1863; d. 1922; m. JOHN SETTLES.
21. FRANCIS8 WOFFORD (JAMES T.7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1). He married MOLLY J STAVELY November 1859.
Children of Francis Wofford and Molly Stavely are:
i. GOODWIN9 WOFFORD, b. 1859; m. ALICE MOORE.
ii. PINK WOFFORD.
iii. JAMES WOFFORD.
iv. NEAL WOFFORD.
v. CHARLIE WOFFORD.
vi. DAVE WOFFORD.
vii. THOMAS WOFFORD.
viii. MONROE WOFFORD.
ix. CHRISTIAN WOFFORD.
x. LIZZIE WOFFORD.
22. JACK8 WOFFORD (JAMES T.7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3,
WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1).
Children of Jack Wofford are:
i. REUBIN9 WOFFORD.
ii. ERVIN WOFFORD.
iii. NEWEL WOFFORD.
iv. GEORGE WOFFORD.
v. GIRL WOFFORD, m. JIM LARGENT.
23. WILLIAM GARLAND8 WOFFORD (JAMES T.7, JOHN6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4,
JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born 1826 in Stewart County, Tennessee, and
died in Stewart County, Tennessee. He married (1) PUSS BLANTON. He married
(2) SALLY ANN MARTIN November 09, 1859 in Stewart County, Tennessee. He
married (3) MARTHA ANNA ANDREWS March 08, 1873.
Notes:
Married Martha Emma Andrews in 1850 and had 5 children, four of whom, together
with their Mother died of scarlet fever.
Children of William Wofford and Sally Martin are:
i. CHARLES WESLEY9 WOFFORD, b. June 06, 1869, Stewart County,
Tennessee; d. March 06, 1946, Tampa, Florida; m. MANIE DAUGHERTY,
December 11, 1890, Stewart County, Tennessee.
ii. WILLIE WOFFORD, m. BEAUTY GREY.
iii. SAM G. WOFFORD, b. 1872, Stewart County, Tennessee; d. 1949,
Stewart County, Tennessee; m. JANIE BUFFORD, October 11, 1891,
Stewart County, Tennessee.
iv. NELLIE WOFFORD, m. ASHBY RIGGINS.
v. CARRIE WOFFORD, m. TONY RIGGINS.
Child of William Wofford and Martha Andrews is:
vi. HARVEY ALBERT9 WOFFORD, b. June 27, 1851, Stewart County,
Tennessee; d. February 03, 1929; m. ALICE C. JAMESON,
December 26, 1877.
24. CHARLES PINKNEY8 WOFFORD (JOHN SMITH7, WILLIAM
LAFAYETTE6, JOHN5, WILLIAM4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1) was born
1829 in Dover, Tennnessee, and died 1901 in Salem, Dent County, Missouri. He
married (1) JANE INMAN. He married (2) MARIAN MCLEAN SMITH. He
married (3) MARGARET MCCARTER. He married (4) PERMELIA CREASEY
September 03, 1860.
Children of Charles Wofford and Jane Inman are:
i. HESTER ALMEDIA9 WOFFORD, b. December 14, 1849, Salem,
Dent County, Missouri; d. June 09, 1936, Dent County, Missouri;
m. IRADELL CAUSEY, November 15, 1870.
ii. LILLIAN E. WOFFORD, b. 1852, Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.
iii. MARY SUSANA WOFFORD, b. 1854, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
d. May 12, 1930, Gladden, Missouri; m. ALEXANDER LEWIS.
iv. SARAH JANE WOFFORD, b. 1856, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
d. Gladden, Missouri; m. WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH, November 28, 1875.
v. NANCY E. WOFFORD, b. January 07, 1857, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. February 20, 1858, Salem, Dent County, Missouri.
vi. INFANT WOFFORD, b. March 01, 1860; d. March 01, 1860, Salem,
Dent County, Missouri.
Children of Charles Wofford and Marian Smith are:
vii. ORIN9 WOFFORD, b. January 1878, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
d. 1906, Jasper County, Tennessee.
viii. EDITH WOFFORD, b. 1880, Salem, Dent County, Missouri; d. Dover,
Stewart County, Tennessee; m. W. E. CAUSEY, September 04, 1900.
ix. DORA WOFFORD, b. 1882; d. Abt 1882, Gladden, Missouri.
x. ELLA WOFFORD, b. October 10, 1883, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
d. January 1970, Salem, Dent County, Missouri; m. (1) JOHNNY YOUNG;
m. (2) ARLIE TYREE.
xi. THOMAS CHARLES WOFFARD, b. January 12, 1887, Salem, Dent
County, Missouri; d. December 17, 1943, Columbus, Cherokee County,
Kansas; m. MAUDE ELIZABETH PARSONS, January 01, 1908, Preston,
Jasper County, Missouri.
xii. WILLIAM PINKNEY WOFFORD, b. January 20, 1889, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. September 26, 1948, Paducah, Kentucky; m. MYRTIE
CAROLINE LARGENT, August 28, 1915, Stewart County, Tennessee.
Children of Charles Wofford and Margaret McCarter are:
xiii. LAFAYETTE9 WOFFORD, b. July 04, 1891, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. December 09, 1958; m. MARTHA STEELMAN, May 31,
1922.
xiv. FANNIE WOFFORD.
xv. GARLAND WOFFORD, b. November 11, 1899, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. 1967.
xvi. JESS WOFFORD, d. Turtle, Dent County, Missouri.
Children of Charles Wofford and Permelia Creasey are:
xvii. JOHN SMITH9 WOFFORD, b. August 09, 1861, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. March 31, 1946, Dent County, Missouri; m. ELLA MILLER.
xviii. MARGARET M. WOFFORD, b. December 05, 1862, Salem, Dent
County, Missouri; d. May 09, 1897, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
m. JOHN WILLIAM PARKER.
xix. JAMES HENRY WOFFORD, b. February 05, 1863, Salem, Dent Co.,
Missouri; d. July 14, 1954, Reynold, Missouri (Radford Cemetary);
m. ELIZABETH CHANDLER, February 22, 1926.
xx. NARCISSIS PENINA WOFFORD, b. May 24, 1864, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. April 20, 1923, Dent County, Missouri; m. JOHN H. WARFEL.
xxi. MARTHA ARMINTA WOFFORD, m. UNKNOWN COTTRELL.
xxii. ELIZABETH WOFFORD, b. August 16, 1870, Salem, Dent County,
Missouri; d. April 02, 1924, Dent County, Missouri; m. GEORGE A. MOWERY.
xxiii. ADA WOFFORD, b. June 23, 1872, Salem, Dent County, Missouri;
d. January 11, 1911, Dent County, Missouri; m. GEORGE MORTON,
February 11, 1897.
xxiv. URETHRA WOFFORD.
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