control of a rise known as Comb's Hill and was able to pound the British left flank with artillery. In late 1779, Woodford and his brigade were sent to join the Southern Continental Army and fought at the Siege of Charleston, where he and his unit were captured in May 1780. Death and legacy The British sent their prisoner William Woodford to New York City, where he died of disease, on board a British prison ship, on November 13, 1780. Woodford was buried with military honors at Trinity Church, New York. In the 1787 Virginia tax census, either his estate or his very young grandson, also William Woodford (1787-1831), was taxed for two horses, and his widow Mary Woodford was taxed for 10 adult and 15 younger slaves, as well as six horses, 19 cattle and a 4-wheeled chariot. Their son John Woodford would serve in the Virginia House of Delegates beginning in 1802. Two counties in the United States were named in his honor: Woodford County, Illinois, and Woodford County, Kentucky. References Harry M. Ward. "Woodford, William". American National Biography Online, February 2000. External links B.Gen. William Woodford by Jonathan Robert De Mallie William Woodford (1734–1780) by Susan F. Sili 1734 births 1780 deaths American Revolutionary War deaths American Revolutionary War prisoners of war held by Great Britain Continental Army generals American people of English descent Continental Army officers from Virginia People of Virginia in the French and Indian War British America army officers Virginia colonial people Burials in New York (state) People from Caroline County, Virginia