Charles Floyd (1747 - 1820)

Born 4 Mar 1747 in Northampton County, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Fendin) Floyd — married 1768 in Carolina or Georgia

Descendants

Died 9 Sep 1820 at age 73 in Fairfield, Camden, Georgia, United States

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Biography

CHARLES FLOYD OF NORTH HAMPTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA Parents: Samuel Floyd 1719–1752 Susannah Dixon Floyd 1723–1752

Spouse: Mary Fendin Floyd 1747–1804 (m. 1768)

Children: John Floyd 1769–1839

Charles Floyd, owner and planter of Walnut Hill Plantation, was born March 4, 1747 in Northampton County, Virginia, the son of Samuel Floyd and Susanna "Susan" Dixon. His parents both died in Northampton County, Virginia, when he was six. He went to live with his Dixon relatives, but at the age of nine, an uncle sent him to sea as an indentured cabin boy. He spent fourteen years at sea, mainly on trading vessels sailing to ports in Europe, Africa and elsewhere. When this seafaring ordeal was over, he began life anew at Hilton Head, where he managed an indigo plantation. He married Mary Fendin in 1768 at St. Helena's Church in Beaufort District.

The Floyds settled at Walnut Hill Plantation on the north side of Fish Haul Creek.

During the Revolutionary War in South Carolina, Charles was a member of the First Council of Safety. These men who favored independence raised a volunteer militia, the St. Helena Guards, whose hats bore a silver crescent on which their motto "Liberty or Death" was inscribed. In 1781, Charles Floyd, along with several others, all members of another war party called the Bloody Legion, avenged the death of Revolutionary War hero, Charles Davant, by the Royal Militia. Charles Davant had married Elizabeth Fendin (Bland) who was sister to Mary Fendin and brother-in-law to Charles Floyd. Captain Floyd distinguished himself in forays against the British and their colonial policies. In reprisal, his home was plundered and burned by the Tories. About 1797, not long after he had moved his family to Georgia, Charles sold Walnut Hill Plantation to a wealthy planter, William Pope Sr.

Charles Floyd died on the 9th September 1820 at Bellevue Plantation in Camden County, Georgia and was buried in the Floyd Family Cemetery, near the site of Fairfield Plantation, on Floyd's Creek, Camden County, Georgia. His gravestone is intact. [1]

Notes: Mrs. Mary G. Bryan, Director, Georgia Department of Archives and History provided by Ron Floyd {Floyd-1923}

Sources

• Georgia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7580771/charles-floyd: accessed 21 December 2023), memorial page for Capt Charles Floyd (4 Mar 1747–9 Sep 1820), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7580771, citing Floyd Family Cemetery, Camden County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Raymond B. (contributor 47259819).
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Floyd_(Georgia_politician)#cite_note-Neuffer-1
• http://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Charles-Floyd/6000000028361066315
• Neuffer, Claude Henry (1983). Names in South Carolina. Spartanburg: The Reprint Company. ISBN 0871523892.
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA