William Woodford (6 October 1734 – 13 November 1780) was a Brigadier-General of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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William Woodford was born on 6 October 1734 in Caroline County, Virginia. Woodford served as an ensign in George Washington's regiment during the French and Indian War, being promoted to Lieutenant in 1761 and serving in Adam Stephen and William Byrd III's war against the Cherokee. When the American Revolution began in the 1760s, Woodford was elected to the provincial congress of Virginia, and he became the colonel of the 2nd Virginia Regiment, winning the Battle of Great Bridge and forcing Lord Dunmore to leave Virginia. In February 1777, he was promoted to Brigadier-General, and he was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine later that year. Woodford would be captured in the Siege of Charleston in 1780 and sent to a prison ship in New York City, where he died of poor health in November.