Philip Raiford III (abt. 1710 - 1761)

Born about 1710 in North Carolina

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1761 at about age 51 in Craven, South Carolina

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Biography

Philip Raiford (son of Philip Raiford and Martha Goodwin) was born circa 1715 and died circa January 1760. He married (2) Judith Weston on Abt. 1744,^[1][2]

In 1751 he was Lieutenant in Captain Fairchild's Rangers. He was Justice of the Peace for Craven County, South Carolina in 1758. William and Matthew Raiford were privates in Captain Thomas Woodward's company of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment in August 1775.

Children of Philip Raiford are:

• Sarah Raiford, b. 26 August 1745, d. 06 November 1820, Fairfield District, South Carolina

Property

Property:

Date: 1741

Place: Land grant 450 acres/

Property:

Date: 1758

Place: purchased property from Roland Williams later sold by son to John Pearson

Property:

Date: 1753

Place: property purchased by Philip Raiford from Charles Hill

Name

Name: Phillip /Raiford/ III^[3][4][5]

Death

Date: 18 JAN 1760

Place: Craven County, South Carolina^[6][7]

Will ^[8][9]

He wrote his will on 18 Jan 1760 in Craven, South Carolina. It was proved on 4 Jul 1761 in Charleston, South Carolina. He mentions his daughter Sarah and Rachel; sons Philip Ephraim, William, and Matthew; brother William.

Sources

1. ↑ (A HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY by Edwin L. Green. Columbia, South Carolina: 1932, page 27
2. ↑ RAIFORD FAMILY by W. R. Raiford, 1989, page 145
3. ↑ Source: #S367
4. ↑ Source: #S171 Page: pg. 83
5. ↑ Source: #S54 Page: pg. 27, pg. 55
6. ↑ Source: #S170
7. ↑ Source: #S183 Page: pg. 14
8. ↑ Will filed in Charleston, South Carolina - https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/29611655?h=40f271
9. ↑ Source: #S183 Page: pg. 14

See also:

• Source: S1 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
• Source: S135 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Alabama Department of Archives and History, comp.
• Source: S170 Author: Caroline T. Moore Title: DTH 118 - Abstracts of Wills of the State of South Carolina, 1760-1784, pg. 14 Publication: Name: 1969; Repository: #R88 Call Number: DTH 118 NOTESource Medium: Book CONT Source Quality: copy CONT CONT Will Book QQ 1760-1767 CONT
• Repository: R88 Name: Phillip Ephraim Raiford
• Source: S171 Author: Caroline T. Moore Title: DTH 119 - Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina, 1740-1760, pg. 82-3, 150-1 Publication: Name: 1964; Repository: #R88 Call Number: DTH 119 NOTESource Medium: Book CONT CONT copy CONT May be the same as DTH 143 CONT
• Source: S183 Author: Compiled and edited by Caroline T. Moore Title: DTH 142 - Abstracts of the Wills of the State of South Carolina, 1760-1784, pg. 14-15, 18-19, 32-33, 120-121, 240-241, 286-287, 298-301, 324-327 Publication: Name: 1969; Repository: #R96 Call Number: DTH 142 NOTE additional copy behind Robert McKemy, b. 1740
• Repository: R96 Name: PEARSON
• Source: S367 Author: Unknown Title: LIN 109 - Family Group Record for Gen John Pearson, Jr Repository: #R1 Call Number: LIN 109
• Repository: R1 Name: John Pearson
• Source: S54 Author: Edwin L. Green Title: BOK 128 - A History of Richland County, Vol. 1, 1732-1805, pgs. 27...207 Publication: Name: Columbia, SC. 1932; Repository: #R22 Call Number: BOK 128
• Repository: R22 Name: John P. Pearson, b. 1690