| 词条 | William Whitfield II |
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FamilyHe was a son of William Whitfield I, the patriarch of the Whitfield family of the United States. He married Rachel Bryan. James Whitfield (1791-1875), the 18th Governor of Mississippi, 1851-52 was his grandnephew, while Henry L. Whitfield (1868 -1927), the 41st Governor of Mississippi, was his great-great-great grandson. BackgroundHis sons, Needham Whitfield and William Whitfield III were in the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge during the revolutionary war. He was a former clerk to Colonel Caswell and the other a private in the Light Horse Cavalry, taking prisoner General McDonald, who was the Commander of the Tories.[2] William was a Dobbs County member to the 1761 and 1762 North Carolina General Assembly held in Wilmington. In 1779 he was a member of Governor Richard Caswell's Council held in New Berne, and a Justice of Peace for Johnston County, North Carolina. He was later a Colonel.[3] Notes1. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Daughters of the American Revolution|url= |accessdate= |year= |publisher=DAR |location= |isbn= |page=385}} 2. ^{{cite book |last=Whitfield |first=Emma |authorlink= |title=Whitfield, Bryan, Smith & Related Families |url= |accessdate= |year= |publisher= |location= |isbn= |page=}} 3. ^{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |title=Whitfield Record, The North Carolina historical and genealogical register. Vol I, Number 4 |url= |accessdate= |year=1900 |publisher= |location= |isbn= |pages=567–576}} Sources
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