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     Elvira Davis married James Wofford, son of Benjamin??? Wofford and Martha Llewellyn, at Huntsville, Al.

     William M. H. Wofford married Matilda West. William M. H. Wofford was born on 24 December 1806. He died on 11 June 1885 at Gowensville, South Carolina, at age 78.

     Mary Wofford was born circa 1804.

     Perry West was born in 1840.

     Absalom Wofford witnessed Allegedly 6 sons of Absalom Wofford served in the Rev. War. There is a Jeremiah Wofford on the 1790 Spartanburg, 96th. District census, Greenville District 96. He is listed as having two free white males over the age of 16, and one free white female. On the 1800 census he is listed as between the age of 26/45 and his wife is also between 26/45, with no children in the family. He was born circa 1702/3 at Prince George Co. Md. He married Sarah Hosey (Huss), daughter of John Hosey (Huss), in 1727. Absalom Wofford died circa 1755 at Rock Creek, Md. He witnessed Two Wofford brothers from Northern England settled in Pennsylvania, near the Maryland line, says the Spartanburg Wofford family tradition. More definite is the statement of a Wofford descendant Mr. J. W. Gladney of Phoenix, Arizona, whose family tree says that Absalom Wofford (1690-1750) of Cumberland County, England, settled with his wife Sara in Prince George's County, Maryland, and had at least one son of the same name as one of the five who are known to have come to Spartanburg County that Col. William Wofford, the eldest of the five brothers who came here, was born near Rock Creek, Maryland, about twelve miles above the present city of Washington, October25, 1728. in 1951.¹

     William Wofford Jr was Decendents were from either William or Absalom, but most likely William
Settled originally in Prince George's County, Maryland. He was born in 1648 at Maryland. He married Elizabeth (?) in 1673. William Wofford Jr died in 1680 at Maryland.

     Absalom Wofford was Settled in Prince George's County, Maryland.
He This Absalom may be an accidental duplicate - NEED TO RESEARCH MORE. He was born in 1689/90 at Cumberland County, England. He died in 1749/50.

     Col. William Wofford witnessed William Wofford history from Find a Grave

-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. He was Deputy Surveyor. He began military service On page 9 of the History of the Wofford Family it is noted that he was one of the leading patriots of the region and served as Lieutenant-Coloniel on Williamson Cherokee campaign of 1776 (for which he drew a pension). Early in 1779, he was in service in pursuit of the fugitive Tory party under Col John Moore, when fleeing from North Carolina to Georgia; and in the spring and summer of that year he served in Georgia and South Carolina, under Gen. Lincoln, and doubtless shared in the battle of Stono.

Being an enterprising young man, he started the Iron Works in Spartanburg County erected on Lawson Fork the noted iron woks bearing his name, and which became noted in the pages of Revolutionary history by reason of the battle which was fought nearby, and which were destroyed by the raid of he noted "Bloody Bill" Cunningham, November, 1781. See "Colonial and Revolutionary History of South Carolina", pg 356.

Lyman Draper, LL.D., the historian, says that "his iron works on the Pacolet were destroyed shortly after the fall of Charleston, and he retired to the upper Catawba, in the Turkey Cove, purchasing a tract of land containing 900 acres, with improvements; and on this new home he erected a fort for his own and neighbors' protection against the Indians. After the war he gave much attention to the surveying of lands, removing to Habersham County, Georgia, where he became an influential citizen, and died near Toccoa Falls, about 1823, at the age of about ninety-five years, and able to read without spectacles to the last."

Also serving in the Spartan Regiment along side Col William Wofford were two captains: Benjamin Wofford and Joseph Wofford. Other reverences also show James Wofford. No records of these three to confirm; however the first 2 are mentioned in multiple sources.¹ He was born on 25 October 1728 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. He married Sarah Cameron in 1747/48. Col. William Wofford married Nancy Greenleaf before 1768; May have married in 1773 - TBD. Col. William Wofford was Moved to Spartanburg in 1768
Member of the Second Provincial Congress of S.C. Nov 1, 1775 - 1776

Col. William Wofford was a rich Tory, but served in the american forces. He built Wofford's Iron Works on Pacolet River and burned by the British in the raid of "Bloody Bill" Cunningham, Nov 1781. After this, he moved to the Upper Catawba in Turkey Creek Cove, purchased 900 acres and erected a fort for his own and his neighbor's protection against the Indians. After the Revolutionary War, he moved to Habersham County, Georgia surveying lands.
on 23 February 1768.² He married Mary Bobo before 1790. Col. William Wofford died on 3 January 1823 at Toccoa, GA, at age 94; Habersham.

     Capt. Joseph Wofford was A Captain in the American forces in the Revolution in Col John Thomas, Sr.'s Spartan regiment and in the famous "snow campaign".
He lived not far from the south side of Tyger River. On the southern side of Hill's Bridge Road, about a third of a mile southward of Tabernacle Methodist Church. In 1802, he and most of their children were brought into the fold under the preaching of Revs. George Dougherty and Lewis Meyers.
He was buried at Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetary, SC. He began military service Spartan Regiment - Capt. He was born in 1740/41 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. He married Martha Llewellyn, daughter of Hugh Llewellyn, in 1768. Capt. Joseph Wofford left a will on 17 March 1825 at South Carolina; Will of JOSEPH WOFFORD Senr of Spartanburgh District: Being of sound mind....to MARTHY WOFFORD my wife, all my household furniture and stock of every living creature, and the plantation where we now live, and all my negroes; to my son JEREMIAH WOFFORD after his Mother's deceased one Negro boy named MOSES for his natural life or till sd. MOSES is 40 years of age, which the sayd MOSE was twenty two years old last May; to my daughter ANN TUCKER, the tract she now lives on to the Buck Branch, adj. JOSEPH WOFFORD Junr line, adj. SAMUEL TUCKERs line, besides the Negroes I have made her a Deed of gift of... to my daughter REBECKAH the Land and Negro which I have deeded to her; to my son BENJAMIN WOFFORD, after his Mother's deceased, one Negro boy JEMRELL and Negro girl SIDNEY, besides the land I deeded him...to my son JOSEPH WOFFORD, after his Mother's decease, one negro boy DAREN and boy ISAAC which I have made a Deed of gift for...to my daughter MARTHY WHITE, tract which I now live on after her Mother's decease...I leave to my Executor an old Woman named FLOROW and UNO her daughter for him to take Steps to place them in such a situation as he shall deem proper so that they shall not be brought into bondage to any person and to keep them from being chargable to the District & UNO is to have a cow at her Mistress' death...son BENJ. WOFFORD, Exr...25 Aug 1825. JOSEPH WOFFORD (LS), Wit: S. Tucker, William Powell, Nancy Tucker. Prov. 17 March 1828. He died in 1831 at Spartanburg, South Carolina; There is confusion as to the death date. Some family records show 1831 and others 1826.¹ He witnessed Joseph Wofford and his four brothers, William, James, John, and Benjamin, migrated from the Rock Creek area of Maryland to Spartanburg in the 1770s. They settled in different parts of the county, from Glendale, where William Wofford built his iron works, to the area around Woodruff, to the Enoree River, to the Tyger River, where Joseph Wofford made his home. In the same area Hugh Llewellyn, a Welsh migrant who had come to the area from Pennsylvania, settled with a daughter, Martha, who soon married Joseph Wofford. The Woffords were eventually swept up in the American Revolutionary War, and they did not all choose the same side. While William and Joseph were both Patriot officers, another of their brothers, the somewhat wealthier Benjamin, was a Loyalist.

Joseph and Martha Wofford had six children, one of whom, born the night of October 19, 1780, was Benjamin Wofford. Named for his Loyalist uncle, Benjamin was born the same night that, according to family tradition, Joseph Wofford was captured by Loyalist militia and nearly murdered. As the story goes, only the entreaties of the expectant mother saved his life. Whether true or not, the truth behind the story is that the Carolina backcountry had not become a stable society when Benjamin Wofford was born, and it continued to be a rough place to live. in 1928.²

     Capt. James "Jimmie" Wofford was Baptist. He began military service Served in the Spartan Regiment (Roebuck's Reg.) and participated in several skirmishes, including the Battle of Musgrove Mill and Kings Mountain. He was buried at Wofford Family Cemetary, SC. He was He was a staunch Whig. Nearly all of his descendants are Baptists.
Will dated June 22, 1815 and Proved Nov. 2, 1815.
He was one of the 5 brothers who came to SC from Maryland.

He was Deputy Surveyor - Owned 9,000 acres of land. He was born on 3 September 1743 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. He married Anna Katharina "Caty" Hoppaugh on 13 September 1769. Capt. James "Jimmie" Wofford died on 14 July 1815 at age 71.

     Sarah Cameron married Col. William Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), in 1747/48.

     Sarah??? Wofford Need more research on Sarah, found this in another reference but can not verify.

     Nancy Greenleaf married Col. William Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), before 1768; May have married in 1773 - TBD.

     Mary Bobo married Col. William Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), before 1790. Mary Bobo died in 1820 at GA.

     Martha Llewellyn was buried at tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetary, SC. She was born in 1751/52 at PA. She married Capt. Joseph Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), in 1768. Martha Llewellyn died on 24 March 1826.

     Anna Katharina "Caty" Hoppaugh was Also listed as Katy Hoppock, a scottish-Irish lady from Maryland
Also listed as Houppough - father was German

Her will dated Jan. 21, 1824 Proved Feb. 13, 1826
Family Homestead on Ferguson Creek. She was buried at Wofford Family Cemetary. She was born on 10 January 1748/49 at Va. She married Capt. James "Jimmie" Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), on 13 September 1769. Anna Katharina "Caty" Hoppaugh died on 17 January 1826 at Spartanburg, South Carolina, at age 77.

     Benjamin Wofford was He was in Warren Co. Ky. 1800-1807, in Madison Co. Al. 1808-1815
The papers of the Council of Safety of December 9, 1775, tell us that Capt. Benjamin Wofford had been brought down to Charleston by a party of rangers and confined in one of the officers' rooms by order of Col Huger. He suffered the loss of his estate of 1,065 acres by the Confiscation Act of 1782.

He and Mary had at least 11 children??

A son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Bell Hosey. Originally from Maryland, then South Carolina and then to Alabama. Married Mary Llewellyn at the age of 20.

“Benjamin and four of his brothers -- Joseph, William, James and John -- removed from Maryland to the Spartan District of South Carolina in the 1770s. Benjamin and Joseph both married daughters of Spartanburg early settler Hugh Llewelyn, a Welsh immigrant to the Carolina Upcountry.

When the Revolutionary War began, the brothers divided over which side to take. Joseph and William fought as Patriots, rising to become officers, while Benjamin remained a Loyalist.

Benjamin survived the war without harm to body or property and removed to Madison County, Alabama prior to 1800, when the area was still a part of Mississippi Territory and very few white men were yet living there. Benjamin and Mary Llewelyn Wofford had at least 11 children together.^1,2

He began military service Captain, Revolutionary War - Nor sure this is true. There is a reference in the DAR Patriot Index that mentions he was a Tory. He was born in 1744/45 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. He married Mary Llewellyn, daughter of Hugh Llewellyn, in 1765. Benjamin Wofford died in March 1815 at Huntsville, Al.

     Mary Llewellyn was born in 1748/49 at PA. She married Benjamin Wofford, son of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), in 1765. As of 1765,her married name was Wofford. Mary Llewellyn died in 1816 at Huntsville, Al.

     Sarah Wofford was born between 1735 and 1738 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County.

     Rebecca Wofford witnessed From Patsy Childs: Rebecca and William had 9 known children. She was born in 1749/50 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. She married William Camp in 1770. Rebecca Wofford died in 1824 at Camden Dist. SC.

     Hannah Wofford witnessed From Patsy Childs: Allegedly they had 14 children but some of them I myself find no records period of some of them. I match common DNA ancestor with so many though Moses Wofford, but there's no way his wife could have been my ancestress, otherwise, it's sickening as I don't believe for one moment that Aley Blanks b. 1805 was the mother of my Cynthia Wofford born 1815. Especially when the actual marriage records between Moses Wofford and Aley Blanks as 1 Jan 1822 Jackson Co., GA. Of course I'm going to show common ancestor matches through both his parents, first cousins who ended up being my 4th gr grandparents. But I don't believe Moses was my grandpappy. And I know for sure Aley Blanks wasn't my grandma. She was Married her 1st cousin. She was born in 1750/51 at Rock Creek, Maryland, Montgomery County. She married Absalom Wofford in 1773. Hannah Wofford died in 1820 at Ga.

     William Camp was born in 1753 at Culpepper Co. Va. He married Rebecca Wofford, daughter of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), in 1770. William Camp died in 1830 at Camden Dist. SC.

     Absalom Wofford was born in 1751/52 at Dist 96, SC. He married Hannah Wofford, daughter of Absalom Wofford and Sarah Hosey (Huss), in 1773. Absalom Wofford died on 2 June 1833 at Ga.

     William Cameron Wofford Jr. was Member of the Gerogia Legislature for over 20 years and for a period, President of the Senate. He was born in 1748/49. He died in 1795.