Charles Woodmason is best remembered for his journal documenting life on the South Carolina frontier in the late 1760s, and for his role as a leader of the South Carolina Regulator movement.
15 Facts About Charles Woodmason
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Charles Woodmason married Hannah Page in 1745 and they had two children, a daughter and a son.
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Hannah Page Charles Woodmason was buried from St Mary's Church, Alverstoke in 1766.
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Charles Woodmason had 26 regular, periodic stops in the parish which he visited anywhere from every other Sunday to once yearly.
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Charles Woodmason had the option of preaching whenever and wherever he could gather a congregation.
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Charles Woodmason found very little in backcountry life to his liking.
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Charles Woodmason's ministry was most unwelcome by some non-Anglicans in the backcountry.
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Charles Woodmason faced especially great opposition from Presbyterians and Baptists.
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Charles Woodmason was especially virulent when it came to the Presbyterians.
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In tone, Charles Woodmason's writing has been compared to that of Jonathan Swift and Laurence Sterne.
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Charles Woodmason authored the Remonstrance for South Carolina's Regulator Movement.
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In 1772, Charles Woodmason accepted a parish in Virginia only to find upon his arrival that the vestry in their patriotic zeal had resolved to hire only native-born Americans.
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Charles Woodmason's name appeared on a list of early Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Masons.
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Charles Woodmason served as a curate for a parish near Baltimore, Maryland in 1772 and 1773.
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Charles Woodmason preached at nearby churches, Watford, and the parishes of Dedham and Chingford in Essex.