Person:James Williams (250)

Bayou Sara, West Feliciana, Louisiana, United States

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920
   Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH).

   Name: Eliza Peavy
   Marriage Date: 11 Aug 1818
   Marriage Location: Montgomery County, Alabama
   Other Event Date: 8 Aug 1818
   Other Event Location: Montgomery County, Alabama
   Spouse: James W Williams
   Roll #: 24
   Archive Collection #: SG031425
   Name Range: Nicholson - Pellam
   See: Page 20, Vol. 1. Orpahns Court Minutes, Montgomery County, AT.

2. ↑ Texas. General Land Office, and Gifford (Gifford Elmore) White. Character Certificates in the General Land Office of Texas. (Austin, Texas: G. White, 1985)
   (Austin, Texas: G. White, 1985). No. 2195, Page 195, 28 Oct 1834.

   2195. Williams, James W. [E] San Augustine, October 28th 1834. Certify James W. Williams a native of North Carolina man of family of twelve persons...James W. Bullock. Cindico and Alcalde pro tem [Note] Wife and ten children. Housen Bayou. Zavala. G. McFarland.
   
   230. Bullock, James W. [E] San Augustine, Sept 24th 1834. I certify that James W. Bullock a native of North Carolina is a man of family consisting of nine and a man of very good...Benjamin Lindsey, Alcalde 230a. [Field Notes] West side Neches River near a place known by the name of Spindle Top...David Brown, Surveyor.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 USGenWeb
   Census Report of Sabine, 1835 [1].

   John WILLIAMS Married Catholic Farmer 40
   Eliza, his wife do do 35
   William, son do 18
   George WILLIAMS do 16
   John, son do 15
   Elizabeth, daughter do 12
   Mary, daughter do 10
   James, son 8

4. ↑ Republic of Texas Militia military rolls, 1836-1845 (bulk 1838-1839)
   McKim, James--Mounted Militia, Sabine County [3rd Brigade] [2], 9 Jul to 10 Aug, 1839.

   [Small Extract from Payroll Record]
   Captain McKim's Sabine County Company (July 9th - August 10, 1839); Captain James Mckim; First Lieutenant George W. Slaughter; Privates Samuel M. Slaughter, and James W. Williams.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
   Sabine County, Texas, HH 47, Line 9 [3].

   James W Williams M 60 South Carolina
   Eliza Williams F 50 Georgia
   Mark ? Williams M 21 Alabama
   Rebeca Williams F 14 Texas
   George R Williams M 12 Texas
   Angolas Williams F 10 Texas
   Arzela Williams F 8 Texas
   Susan Williams F 6 Texas
   Corzine F Williams M 4 Texas
   Sanford Kendall M 45 Kentucky
   
   GS Film Number: 444917 , Digital Folder Number: 004206181 , Image Number: 00277

6. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule. (Washington D.C.)
   Sabine, Texas, Line 4 [4].

   Owner Name: J W Williams
   Event Type: Census
   Event Year: 1850
   Event Place: Sabine county, Sabine, Texas, United States
   Slave's Gender: Male
   Slave's Age: 55
   Slave's Birth Year (Estimated): 1795
   Slave's Race: Mexican
   Slave's Race (Original): M
   
   GS Film Number: 444921 , Digital Folder Number: 004206185 , Image Number: 00201

7. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule. (Washington D.C.)
   Sabine, Texas, Line 5 [5].

   Owner Name: J W Williams
   Event Type: Census
   Event Year: 1850
   Event Place: Sabine county, Sabine, Texas, United States
   Slave's Gender: Female
   Slave's Age: 18
   Slave's Birth Year (Estimated): 1832
   Slave's Race: Black
   Slave's Race (Original): B
   
   GS Film Number: 444921 , Digital Folder Number: 004206185 , Image Number: 00201

8. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. 1850 U.S. Census Slave Schedule. (Washington D.C.)
   Sabine, Texas, Line 6 [6].

   Owner Name: J W Williams
   Event Type: Census
   Event Year: 1850
   Event Place: Sabine county, Sabine, Texas, United States
   Slave's Gender: Male
   Slave's Age: 1
   Slave's Birth Year (Estimated): 1849
   Slave's Race: Black
   Slave's Race (Original): B
   
   GS Film Number: 444921 , Digital Folder Number: 004206185 , Image Number: 00201

9. ↑ McDaniel, Robert Cecil. Sabine County, Texas : the first one hundred and fifty years, 1836-1986. (Waco, Texas: Texian Press, 1987)
   Page 256.

   The section of this book is called The First School Census In Sabine County - 1854 (Names are spelled as shown on the census roll.) (Appendix III) Attending from District Number 7 are: J.W. Williams, Young R. Williams, James L. Williams, Zalia Williams, Zely Williams, Susan Williams.

10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2} Find A Grave
    James W. Williams.

    This stone sits on a rise beneath a grove of very old oaks. It is a double stone with James W. Williams, father of Lafayette Williams. The inscription reads:
    
    Emblem of the book of her delight
    I Cor VV Cha (55th chapter)
    The dead shall be raised
    
    Sacred to the memory
    of
    James W. Williams
    Born March 29, 1792 and
    Died February 25, 1862 also his son
    Lafayette C Williams
    Born Dec 3, 1845 and Died April
    19 AD 1863
    
    Behold ye stranger Passing by
    As you are now So once was I
    As I am now So you must be
    Prepare for death and follow me

11. ↑ ^11.0 11.1 Patrick Hogue (Samples). The Samples / Semples Family
    The Williams Family of Sabine County, Texas & Sabine Parish, Louisiana [7] , 1999.

    Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Vol. 4, Pages 157 to 162, 1921.
    Mississippi Territory in War of 1812 – Rowland. - ROLLS OF MISSISSIPPI COMMANDS IN THE WAR OF 1812. Hinds’ Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia
    [Extracted Soldiers from Record]
    (Page 161) Samples, Moses, private
    (Page 162) Williams, James, private
    
    James Williams served as a Private from Bayou Sara, LA in Captain Jedediah Smith's Feliciana Troop of Horse (September 28, 1814 - March 24, 1815). As part of Hind's Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi.
    
    In 1810 when West Florida sought to gain its independence from Spain, the men of the Felicianas played an important part. Captain Jedediah Smith and Captain Llewellyn Griffith organized two companies of men from the Bayou Sara area. Captain Griffith's recruits were called "The Mounted Rangers" or "Volunteer Company of Mounted Riflemen" Captain Smith's company was called "Troop of Horse". Mr. Stanley Arthur refers to them together as "The Bayou Sara Horse"
    Source: BAYOU SARA - THE TOWN AWD STREAM West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
    
    Mississippi Dragoons (Hind's Battalion of Cavalry, Mississippi Militia), this cavalry battalion was organized at Liberty, Natchez District in September, 1813, Lt. Colonel Thomas Hinds commanding.
    
    Adams Troop, formed 1803, Captain James Kempe.
    Amite Troop, Captain Dunn
    Jefferson Troop (this was Captain Thomas Hinds Troops until he was promoted to Major)
    Madison (Ala.) Troop, Captain J. G. Richardson,
    Captain John Doherty's Company
    Captain Samuel Gerald's Company
    Captain John J. W. Ross' Company
    Captain Jedediah Smith's Company "Troop of Horse", of Bayou Sara, LA.
    Captain Llewellyn Griffith's "Mounted Riflemen" "Mounted Rangers", of Bayou Sara, LA.
    
    Warned of the British advance, General Andrew Jackson then mustered his army consisting of the Bayou Sara Mounted Riflemen, Beale's Rifles, the Bataillon d'Orleans, Major Thomas Hinds' Mississippi Dragoons and Colonel John Coffee's Tennessee Calvary. They were joined too by Jean Laffite's Baratarians, free Negro militia, and a band of Choctaw Indians. The two armies met shortly afterwards near Chalmette, Louisiana, on the Chalmette and Rodriguez plantations, where both suffered heavy casualties.
    
    James and Eliza Williams had 17 children
    1. William Henry WILLIAMS b 3 Aug 1819 Alabama
    2. Littleton Robert WILLIAMS b 11 Feb 1821 Alabama
    3. James T WILLIAMS b 18 Sep 1822 Alabama
    4. Malissa WILLIAMS b 13 Mar 1824 Alabama
    5. John T WILLIAMS b 12 Nov 1826 Alabama
    6. Mark Daniel "Dock" WILLIAMS b 2 Mar 1828 Alabama
    7. Hank WILLIAMS b 1829 Alabama (twin)
    8. Sarah WILLIAMS b 1829 Alabama (twin)
    9. McGregor D WILLIAMS b 23 Aug 1832 Alabama
    10. Eliza WILLIAMS b 1 Jun 1834 Sabine, Texas
    11. Mary Rebecca WILLIAMS b 20 Jun 1836 Sabine, Texas
    12. John Robert WILLIAMS b 8 May 1838 Texas (twin)
    13. Young Rabb WILLIAMS b 8 May 1838 Texas (twin)
    14. Arzalea WILLIAMS b 25 Nov 1839 Tom Green, Texas
    15. Arzolas WILLIAMS b 1840 in Sabine County, Texas
    16. Susan WILLIAMS b 20 Sep 1843 Sabine County,Texas
    17. Lafayette Corzine WILLIAMS b 23 Dec 1845 Sabine County,Texas d 19 Apr 1863 Parker County, Texas

    
12.   Patrick Hogue (Samples). Everett Family and the Choctaw Trading Post, the (Factory).