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 […]<\/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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