... We have been able to trace our family back to Hans Waggoner who landed in Charleston, South Carolina, about 1730. He was a man sturdy character and industrious habits, and came from Germany or Holland; our traditions favor the former country, our characheristics, the latter, so the Waggoners are probably of German stock. The history of South Carolina for this early period shows that in July, 1729, Carolina was purchased by the King of England and formed into two separate colonies, and immediately after this South Carolina received Large accissions of emigrants from Germany and elsewhere. Hans Waggoner was first married about 1760. We have no knowledge of the ancestry nor of the history of his first wife, except that she bore him two children, namely George and Isaac, our ancestor. The date of birth of this George Waggoner is not recorded, but he is believed to have been the older brother. At least, he died first, about 1818, and his brother, Isaac, was the administrator of hes estate and one of the heirs of his property ...
... Following the death of his first wife, Hans Waggoner married a Mrs. Fair, who had one son, Isham, by a previous marriage, who dies of consumption years later at Isaac Waggoner's home in North Carolina, and within the memory of Aunt Narcissa Waggoner. Of Hans Waggoner's second marriage three children were born, namely, John, Suka and another daughter who married a Mr. Hill. ...
... Hans Waggoner died on the Santee River, South Carolina, (some say the Yadkin River) some time prior to 1790. At least his name does not appear in the 1790 census. He left each direct heir $300, which was a considerable sum for that day.
At this point it might be interesting to note some observations gained from a study of the first census of the United States taken in 1790. This census shows there were Waggoners in at least three of the thirteen states. In South Carolina, the names if Isaac and George only are given as the heads of Waggoner families. In North Carolina there were nine Waggoner families. In Pennsylvania there were seventy-nine Waggoner families, including six George Waggoners and fifteen John Waggoners. Each of these Waggoner families averaged about six persons, so there were approximately five hundred Waggonersin America in 1790. Letters have been addressed to the County Clerks in all North and South Carolina counties showing Waggoners as residents in 1790, but to date we have not learned of any Waggoners living in those counties at this time. The entire population of South Carolina in 1790, including slaves, was 249,073, and Chester County, in which Isaac Waggoner resided in 1790, had 6866. ...
