Wayne County NcArchives Photo Tombstone.....Whitfield III, William 
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Cemetery:           Whitfield
Name:               William Whitfield III
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William Whitfield III
1743-1817
Married in 1768 
Hester Williams
(2) 
Mrs Sarah Hurst
(3) 1792
Hepzibah Hatch
(4) 
Sarah Bryan Hatch
he was father of 29 children 
2 reached maturity. His eldest 
son William had raised a family 
before his youngest William 
Alexander was borne him by
his fourth wife. This William died
in 1904 which was 151 years after 
the birth of his father.
William III and his brother Needham 
served in the Revolution and helped 
destroy Tories in the Battle of Moores 
Creek Bridge, Feb 27 1776.
In 1787 William III together with his 
eldest son and Joseph Green were 
appointed directors and trustees "for designing and building the town 
of "Waynesboro," now Goldsboro


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