(This line of Voyles later came to Alcorn County.)
William Voyles was the son of Jacob Voyles. William was born in 1745 in Danbighshire, Wales. He died in 1802 in Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He immigrated around 1759 to Charleston, South Carolina.
William worked for 4 years as a deckhand to pay off his father's debt for the passage to America. It is believed that the ship made several trips from Wales to America. On the return trips to Wales, William would stay with his Uncle David, who lived in Herefordshire. After about three years William convinced his Uncle David to come to America, and he settled in Old Mecklenburg County, now Cabarrus County, North Carolina. About a year later when William finally had worked out the debt of his father he returned briefly to South Carolina. Not liking the treatment of being compelled to work 4 years as a deckhand, he left for North Carolina to live with his Uncle David. This would have been about 1764.
William enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the North Carolina Militia on July 4th, 1776. He reenlisted in 1779. He fought with General George C. Marion the "Swamp Fox", and also with Generals Gates and Green. He was captured by the British at the Battle of Camden, but escaped. He was in the Battles of Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Chowan. He was given two land grants near Big Coldwater Creek in North Carolina.
William married in 1772 in North Carolina to Hannah Rhodecia Bundi. They had the following children; Joseph, Rachel, Rolin, Andrew, Thomas, Abel, David, Moses, Daniel, and Hannah.
William had three brothers, John, James and Thomas.