Pioneers, Patriots, and Planters

Pioneers, Patriots, and Planters
Author: Elizabeth Carrow Woolfolk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780971635821

A 200-year historic narrative of a pioneer family's migration to become first settlers of Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.The book reconstructs the lives of the settlers from land deeds, wills, court proceedings, and other documents.The story of the pioneers is told within the framework of American history as each generation was driven to migrate by social, economic and political factors.

History of the Woolfolk Family

History of the Woolfolk Family
Author: Robert S. Riley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 826
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781936091089

A family history relating the Woolfolk Immigrant Ancestor to Colonial Virginia came from Yorkshire, England; and provides a brief history of Tidewater Colonies in Maryland and Virginia. Further, it identifies the counties in which early Woolfolk families lived in Colonial Virginia and routes they used to migrate to the South and West before and after the Revolutionary War. Each narrative chapter pertaining to the genealogy of the family is supported by documentary information obtained from official public records found in this title. Supporting documentation consists of extracts of Wills and other official Federal, State, and County records, such as military service and pension file abstracts, deeds, miscellaneous court papers, and marriage records. The supporting data has been properly referenced with regard to records depositories where found and all records have been accurately transcribed. Included in Volume I is a comprehensive, all-name index for the narrative chapters. Additionally, it contains a set of family lineage charts for each of the three branches of the Woolfolk family. These charts can be used to trace quickly one's line of descent from the Immigrant Ancestor, Richard Woolfolk [I], down through the generations. The complete set contains complete extracts of the Federal Censuses for all White Woolfolks in the US from 1790 through 1900 and appendixes which list all known direct and collateral descendents to more recent generations, including many living today.

The Woolfolk Tragedy

The Woolfolk Tragedy
Author: Carolyn DeLoach
Publisher:
Total Pages: 381
Release: 1996
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780965602709

In August 1887, Captain Richard F. Woolfolk and six other members of his family were brutally murdered in rural Bibb County, near Macon, Georgia. The national media frenzy surrounding the killing of this prominent family led to the arrest of the sole survivor, son Tom Woolfolk. A single reporter and a lone attorney fought the prejudiced system in Tom's favor, but all three went to their deaths.

The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860

The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860
Author: Jack Lawrence Schermerhorn
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0300192002

"Focuses on networks of people, information, conveyances, and other resources and technologies that moved slave-based products from suppliers to buyers and users." (page 3) The book examines the credit and financial systems that grew up around trade in slaves and products made by slaves.