William Grant Still Sr. in Woodville 1871–1888
Posted on | | 6 CommentsWilliam Grant Still Sr. was born in 1871, just seven years after the Union Army marched into Woodville, put down Confederate rebels, and the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry burned Edward McGehee’s Bowling Green plantation. Those events occurred before William’s birth, but their consequences shaped the Woodville community into which he…