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Rev. Baylis "Balis" Williams
Facts and Events
Will Abstract
- Will of Bayles Williams, Shelby Co., Illinois, written 27 Feb. 1826, no probate date listed
- Names "by beloved wife Peggy Williams", three sons Charles, Thomas & Ralph L. Williams, "youngest sons are not of age", daughters Matilda and Patsey Williams, Polly Rease, Sarah, Eliza and Phauer? Williams, daughter Nancy Williams.
- Appoints Charles Williams and John Rease Administrators
- "Given under my hand and seal this 27th day of Feb. 1826".
- [Signed] Bayles Williams [Seal]
- Wit: Thos. Burk, Henry Burk
Related
Possible relations who were also married in Pulaski County, KY:
John Williams, m. Cyntha Matthews, 15 Jan 1810, bond by Sheraad Williams, Consent of father, G____ Matthews.
Norris Williams m. Charity Whiteaker, 3 Apr 1812, bond by John Jasper.
Russell Williams m. Caty Black, 22 Aug 1816 bond by Warren Williams, with consent of father, Fredric Black.
Thomas Williams m. Rebeckah Reynolds, 29 Sept 1817, bond by Amos Short, with Consent of Moses Runnels, kinship not stated.
David Williams m. Betsey Eastis, 6 May 1818, bond by David Eastis, Consent of father, Philip Williams.
Image Gallery
References
- United States. 1810 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M252).
Name: Babe Williams [Balis Williams]
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Washington, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1766-1784]
Numbers of Slaves: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 8
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 12
- United States. 1820 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M33).
Name: Baylis Williams
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Somerset, Pulaski, Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 [b. 1775 or before]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 3
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [b. bet. 1776-1794]
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 11
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 11
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jillson, Willard Rouse, and Kentucky. State Land Office. The Kentucky land grants: a systematic index to all of the land grants recorded in the State Land Office at Frankfort, Kentucky, 1782-1924. (Louisville, KY: Standard Printing Co., 1925).
Grantee: Bailes Williams
Number of Acres: 50
Survey Date: 13 Aug 1824
County: Pulaski
Watercourse: Buck Cr
Book Number: R
- Find A Grave.
Rev Bayliss Williams
Birth 22 Feb 1776
Crab Orchard, Wise County, Virginia, USA
Death 23 Sep 1831 (aged 55)
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Ridge Cemetery
Lakewood, Shelby County, Illinois, USA
The Rev. Baylis Williams was a native of Virginia and reportedly hailed from a prosperous “old family” of the state. He was a pioneer in Pulaski County, Kentucky until 1830. He inherited slaves, but being opposed to slavery, he set them free and moved to a free state, settling in Shelby County, Illinois, one mile south of Shelbyville. He bought 640 acres of land three miles south of Shelbyville. He was both a practicing physician and a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and he often preached to his fellow pioneers at the log court house. (Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties Illinois. Chicago, 1891. 217.)
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