Saffold Roots

Isham Saffold was a son of William Saffold. He was probably born sometime before 1739 in Virginia. The information below was gathered from a posting in a genealogy forum.

Birth: bef 1739 Virginia
Witness: 19 Mar 1760 Johnston County, N. C.
Witness: 14 Jan 1765 Johnston County, N. C.
Property: 27 Aug 1769 bought land (Johnston County, N. C.)
Census: 1783 Florida
Residence: 1785 Pensacola
Census: 1790 96th District, Spartanburg County, S.C.
Property: 1792 sold property in Spartanburg, S. C..
Residence: 1792 Washington County, Ga.
Property: 28 Nov 1792 sold property in Spartanburg, S. C.
Spouse: UNKNOWN (m bef 1783)

Reuben Saffold, was the son of William I and Temperance Shore. Reuben fought in the Revolutionary war and in consideration of his service was granted 287 and 1/2 acres of land in Washington County, Georgia.

Reuben married Sarah Bird. Their children included: William Saffold, Daniel Saffold, Mary Saffold, Reuben Saffold II., Rhoda Saffold, Bird Saffold, Sarah Saffold,  and Elizabeth Saffold.

The records of the Secretary of State for Georgia contain the item below.

Certificate of Service

State of Georgia

This is to certify that Reuben Saffold hath steadfastly done his duty, from the time of the passing of an Act at Augusta*, on the 20th of August 1781, until the total expulsion of the British from this State; and the said Reuben Saffold cannot, to my knowledge or belief, be convicted of plundering or distressing the country; and is therefore, under the said Act, entitled to a bounty of two hundred and fifty acres of good land, free from taxes for ten years.

Given under my hand at Savannah the 2nd day of February 1784,

Elijah Clark, Colonel

* The Act granted to every solider of faithful service 250 acres of good land tax free for 10 years in return for service to the end of the conflict. Or, if the solider preferred, he could commence paying taxes immediately and receive a grant of 287 and 1/2 acres. It appears that Reuben considered the value of the land to be greater than the taxes and therefore chose the larger amount.

The following information was taken from a genealogy forum.

Reuben (the elder) Saffold

Birth: 1745 Virginia
Witness: 25 May 1769 Tryon County, N. C.
Property: 3 Feb 1781 Negro slave Nero
Property: 25 Mar 1784 287 1/2 acres
Property: 1785 700 acres of land, 3 slaves (Wilkes Coun
Property: 1786 700 acres of land
Census: 1790 Wilkes County, Ga.
Property: 1794 200 acres on Pistol Creek, 10 slaves
Military: 1794 Wilkes County, Ga.
Misc: 1805 drew in land lottery
Will: 26 Jan 1816 Wilkes County, Ga.
Death: 1817 Wilkes County, Ga.
Misc: 1817 freed the slave, Beck
Spouse: Sarah BIRD (m 1777)

The Saffold Family Society history records that “Saffolds in the Southern states descended from William Saffold I, who is found in Surry County, Va. in 1742 and Lunenburg County, Va. between 1748 and 1753. William Saffold I was married to Temperance Shore. William and Temperance lived in Johnston County, N. C., on the Neuse River, between 1760-1765, and in Tryon County, N. C. between 1768 and 1779. Tryon County was one of the counties involved in a border dispute between North and South Carolina. The area where the Saffolds lived became part of the Spartanburg (Old 96th) District of South Carolina. The Saffolds were living in the Spartanburg, Dist. in 1779.”

William Saffold I signed a will on August 11, 1784, listing as his heirs, his wife, Temperance, and the following children:

1. Anne Saffold
2. Daniel Saffold
3. Samuel Saffold
4. Isham Saffold
5. William Saffold II
6. Reuben Saffold I
7. Elizabeth Saffold
9. Aaron Saffold

Temperance Shore Saffold stayed in Spartanburg County, S. C., where she is presumed to have died.

The following data was taken from a genealogy forum.

William Saffold

Misc: 19 Jan 1714 court case
Birth: abt 1720 ?Virginia?
Property: 16 Jun 1742 sold 113 acres of land
Misc: bet 1748-1751 paid tithes
Misc: 1752 paid tithes
Misc: 7 Apr 1752 appraised estate of Joseph Blanks
Guardian: bet 1753-1754 Lunenburg County, Va.
Misc: 30 Apr 1753 borrowed money from William Traylor
Property: 6 Aug 1753 sold 100 acres of land
Property: 15 Oct 1753 sold 293 acres of land
Misc: 8 Sep 1756 fined for failure to keep road in good r
Property: 4 Feb 1757 sold 133 acres of land
Misc: 3 May 1757 replaced as road surveyor
Property: 19 Mar 1760 bought 150 acres of land
Property: 2 Oct 1760 105 acres of land (plantation)
Misc: 1762 served on a jury
Witness: 14 Sep 1762 Johnston County, N. C.
Property: 2 Oct 1762 bought 100 acres of land
Property: 14 Jan 1765 sold 205 acres of land
Witness: 23 Dec 1768 Tryon County, N. C.
Property: 25 May 1769 bought 200 acres of land
Witness: 11 Nov 1769 Tryon County, N. C.
Misc: bet 1778-1779 appeared on a jury list
Census: 1779 Old 96th Dist., S. C.
Property: 7 Feb 1779 260 acres
Will: 11 Aug 1784 Abbeville Dist., S. C.
Death: 16 Oct 1784 Abbeville Dist., S. C.

Temperance Shore

Property: 6 Mar 1785 sold 266 acres of land
Property: 7 Mar 1785 3 slaves
Census: 1790 96th District, Spartanburg County, S.C.
Death: bet 1790-1792 Spartanburg County, S. C.