William Moultrie DWIGHT

1839 -

• Name	William Moultrie DWIGHT  [1]
  Birth	1839  [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F9BDFCA6BAE540BEAC973A31DB31E908A041
  Person ID	I4849	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	26 Jan 1998

  
  

  Father	Isaac Marion DWIGHT,   b. 20 Jan 1799, Of Cedar Grove Plantation d. 10 Dec 1873 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Martha Maria PORCHER,   b. 5 Jan 1807   d. 31 Aug 1842 (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	1821
  _UID	3CE5411DFA814BEFBE9FB958C0BE4FA3129C
  _UID	3CE5411DFA814BEFBE9FB958C0BE4FA3129C
  Family ID	F1742	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Porcher GAILLARD
  Marriage	1861	at “Clifton” in Winnsboro, South Carolina.   [1]
  _UID	023FA59DEE754060A96F08CAE0740AA573E7
  _UID	023FA59DEE754060A96F08CAE0740AA573E7
  Children	1. Floride Peyre DWIGHT,   b. 26 Apr 1866   d. 13 Aug 1939 (Age 73 years)   2. William Gaillard DWIGHT   3. Elizabeth Gaillard DWIGHT   4. David Gaillard DWIGHT, Sr.,   b. 1871, Winnsboro, South Carolina
  Family ID	F1748	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  William was educated at The Citadel and the University of Virginia. He was a teacher in Abbeville, South Carolina until May ‘61 when he joined the 2nd Reg’t of South Carolina Vols (C. S. A.); and was wounded at Manassas, Virginia. He became Inspector General under General J. B. Kershaw. He was a prisoner twice. He taught at Mt. Zion school in Winnsboro, until 1869 when he took up mercantile life. [1]

  
  

• Sources

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