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State of Service: SC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Birth: bpt 31 Dec 1741 / Orangeburg / SC Death: aft 1810 liv / Baldwin / AL
Qualifying Service Description:
Captain in the Granville County, SC Militia under Colonel Benjamin Garden; Served in 1776, 1779 and 1781-2
Additional References:
South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume IV, Number 3, pg 202;
no burial information on Find-a-Grave in August 2021
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Author: Terry Dupuy
William Weekley was born in 1741 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the son of British Army Colonel Thomas Weekley and Elizabeth Banns.
He lived in Orangeburg until 1798, where he owned land and had a Tavern, then known as an Ordinary. In records of that time, he was referred to as Captain. William applied for a Spanish land grant in 1798 and received 139 acres in 1803 at Tensaw, Alabama. He probably lived there before, for his son George claimed 640 acres in 1798 by occupancy. George's 640 acres on the north side became the Federal Road and was 1300 feet from his father, William's 139-acre grant. In 1805, he sent his son, Buford, to South Carolina to sell or lease his 515-acre "Muscketo Pond", cutting ties to South Carolina. The 1807 Tax Roll notes his transfer of the 139 acres to his son Joseph. This land was a mesa close to the mail route and an excellent location for a tavern before travelers dropped into the mosquito-infested Tensaw Swamp.
This land was also 2.1 miles from the Fort Mims Massacre, which was the beginning of the Creek Indian War on 30 August 1813. Few of the approximately 500 of Fort Mims' occupants survived. William was probably not there because his son, Joseph, was listed afterward. He would have been 71 years of age in 1812 and could have suffered his son, George's fate (he died in 1812), or he could have died after the massacre. William's wife is unknown. Their known children were:
Buford Weekley was born in 1766 and was married, but his wife is unknown.
George Weekley was born about 1767 and married Margaret Dunn.
Joseph Weekley was born before 1787 and was married, but his wife is unknown.
He served as a Captain under Lieutenant-Colonel/Colonel Benjamin Garden in the Granville County Militia, South Carolina, in 1776, 1779, and 1781-1782.
The Patriot's date of death is unknown, but it was after the 1810 Baldwin County Census. His place of burial is not known, but he was probably buried in the High Burial Ground in Latham, Baldwin County, Alabama, as were the other residents not killed in the massacre.
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