William A. Whitfield
b. 4 December 1798, d. 18 September 1857
- Father: James Towler Whitfield b. 17 May 1777, d. 14 April 1850
- Mother: Susannah Minchew b. 15 May 1773, d. circa 1832
- William A. Whitfield was born on 4 December 1798 in Roxboro, Caswell County, North Carolina.
- He married Rozella H. Moore on 12 September 1822 in Person County, North Carolina, with marriage bond 5 September, William McKissack serving as bondsman/witness.
- He married Sophia D. Briggs circa 1842.
- William A. Whitfield and Sophia D. Briggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Person County, North Carolina, Living near his father's widow Elizabeth and his brothers James and Thomas.. Other members of the household included Thomas Livingston Whitfield, Martha Cornelia Whitfield, Elizabeth Jane Whitfield, William Gaston Whitfield, Frances Justine Whitfield, George Ira Preston Whitfield and Malcom Egbert Whitfield.
- He was a teacher, according to the 1850 census.
- William A. Whitfield died on 18 September 1857 at age 58 in Roxboro, Caswell County, North Carolina.
- Last Edited: 29 Nov 2010
Family 1: Rozella H. Moore b. 23 February 1806, d. 25 September 1841
- Albert Marion Whitfield b. 4 August 1823, d. circa 1844
- Legrand Stanley Whitfield b. 24 November 1824, d. 20 February 1906
- Leollen Monroe Whitfield b. 22 August 1826
- Thomas Livingston Whitfield b. 20 July 1828
- Emily Mary Whitfield b. 16 February 1831, d. 18 January 1881
- Martha Cornelia Whitfield b. 20 December 1833
- Elizabeth Jane Whitfield b. 24 November 1836
- William Gaston Whitfield b. 17 September 1838, d. 11 March 1915
Family 2: Sophia D. Briggs b. circa 1812
- Frances Justine Whitfield b. 16 October 1843
- George Ira Preston Whitfield b. 11 June 1846, d. 23 November 1912
- Malcom Egbert Whitfield b. 26 June 1849, d. circa 1912
- Caroline Alice Whitfield b. 23 August 1852, d. 26 June 1917