Chattahoochee County GaArchives Biographies.....Woolridge, William G before 1854 - before 1933
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Author: N. K. Rogers
WILLIAM G. WOOLRIDGE

    Wm. G. Woolridge, grandfather of State Senator Chas. N. Howard, the
genealogy of whose family is found in this volume, in every generation of which
there have been statesmen and leaders in all public interprises,—was one of the
five men appointed as first commissioners or Chattahoochee. He was a large land
owner with many slaves, and it is said few of these negroes left his plantation
when they were freed. For, with a kind master to furnish what they needed,
freedom meant little to them. But changed conditions subsequent to the war made
their maintenance a proposition which became increasingly difficult as the years
passed and the infirmities of age were added to the handicaps imposed by the
financial stringency of the country. So it has been said these servants almost
"ate their master out of house and home." Judge G. H. Howard says he has
listened by the hour to the stories told by these dusky toilers, so faithful in
their allegiance to their master's family.

    Dr. Howard says his grandfather Wooldridge was a very large man of imposing
appearance. His name is found frequently in records of the county, and while he
was above age to serve actively in the War Between the States, like all wealthy
men he paid heavily in taxes for the support of the army as well as the usual
tax for the maintenance of government. He was a man of great force of character
and was prominent in all affairs of his day and generation.


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HISTORY OF CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY, GEORGIA
By N. K. Rogers

Dedicated to

KASIHITA CHAPTER U. D. C.

and all worthy descendants of the County's first settlers.

Copyright 1933

by N. K. ROGERS

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COLUMBUS  OFFICE  SUPPLY CO. COLUMBUS, GA.




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