October 6th 1734 \u2013 November 13th 1780<\/span><\/p>\n Member of:<\/p>\n Fredericksburg Lodge #4<\/a>,\u00a0 Fredericksburg , Virginia<\/p>\n He served in the French and Indian War<\/a> as an ensign in Colonel George Washington’s Virginia Regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1761.<\/p>\n He drove the royal governor, Lord Dunmore<\/a> from the Norfolk peninsula after the Battle of Great Bridge<\/a> on December 9, 1775, the first significant battle of the Revolution on Virginia soil.<\/p>\n \u00a0In late 1779 he and his brigade were sent to join the Southern army, only to be captured at the Siege of Charleston<\/a> in 1780He was sent to New York, where he died on board a British prison ship<\/a> later that year. He was buried at Trinity Church, New York.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image” src=”https:\/\/eb1870.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William-Woodford-famous-mason-1.jpg” alt=”Famous Freemason William Woodford” show_in_lightbox=”on” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” animation=”left” sticky=”off” align=”left” force_fullwidth=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brother General William Woodford October 6th 1734 \u2013 November 13th 1780 Member of: Fredericksburg Lodge #4,\u00a0 Fredericksburg , Virginia He served in the French and Indian War as an ensign in Colonel George Washington’s Virginia Regiment, and was promoted to lieutenant in 1761. He drove the royal governor, Lord Dunmore from the Norfolk peninsula after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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