Samuel Lafayette Williford (1810 - 1881)

Born 10 Jan 1810 in Madison County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Martha H (Dismukes) Williford — married 24 Oct 1841 in Stewart County, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 18 Feb 1881 at age 71 in Parrott, Terrell County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Samuel Williford served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1862
Mustered out: 1865
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry

Samuel was born in 1810. He is the son of William Williford and Nancy Wilheit. He passed away in 1881.

Part of the Biographical Sketch of J.H. Williford^[1]

[Samuel] was raised a farmer and educated at the country schools, was with the force which accompanied the Cherokee Indians to Indian Territory in 1836, read law and was admitted to the bar, and held a government position in Milledgeville. After his removal to what is now Webster county he taught school in connection with practicing law, conducting a planting interest and operating a saw mill-using the first circular saw used in that portion of the state. He accumulated a valuable property, including large tracts of land, was one of the progressive men in his section, and kept fully abreast with the times in politics and general-advancement. He was held in high estimation by his fellow citizens, a stanch democrat in politics, a master Mason, and a member of the Methodist church, of which he was steward for many years. During the late unpleasantness he served in the state militia and died in 1882, aged seventy-two years.

Sources

1. ↑ Terrell Co. Georgia, Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II

• The Germanna Record, No. 13 - The Blankenbaker, Weaver, and Wilhoit Families, The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers, 2006

• Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-GY1 : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Williford, Danielsville, Madison, Georgia; citing p. , NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 9; FHL microfilm 175,768.

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGB-ZVD : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Williford, Not Stated, Madison, Georgia; citing p. 98, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 19; FHL microfilm 7,039.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYD-XQ3 : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Williford, Stewart county, Stewart, Georgia, United States; citing family 1039, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMH-WJF : accessed 14 July 2015), S Willaford, Southern District, Webster, Georgia, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 28, household ID 216, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,140.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCQ9-2G7 : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Willifind, Georgia, United States; citing p. 19, family 175, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,681.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PW-13B : accessed 13 July 2015), Samuel Williford, District 1093, Webster, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 87, sheet 499D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0171; FHL microfilm 1,254,171.

• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW6P-6QH : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Williford and Martha W. Dismarks, 24 Oct 1841; citing Stewart, Georgia, United States; FHL microfilm 159,061.

• "United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDR1-W9Y : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel Williford, 1893; citing Pension, Georgia, NARA microfilm publication T318 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 821,621.

• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSWM-P2R : accessed 14 July 2015), Samuel L. Williford, Private, Company F, 46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 65; FHL microfilm 821,764.

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