Person:James Williams (275)

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James Williams
b.1750 England
d.21 Nov 1793 Georgia
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Name James Williams
Gender Male
Birth? 1750 England
Marriage to Elizabeth Blackburn
Death[3] 21 Nov 1793 Georgia
Alt Death[1] 1823 Washington, Wilkes, Georgia, United States
Burial[3] Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United StatesSaint Paul’s Episcopal Church
References
  1. Francis Bernard Heitman. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army during the War of the Revolution, April, 1775, to December, 1783.

    WILLIAMS, JAMES (Va). 2nd Lieutenant 10th Virginia, 17th Dec 1776; 1st Lieutenant, 18 Mar 1777; Captain-Lieutenant, 2 Jan 1778; regiemnt designated 6th Virginia, 14 Sep 1778; Captain, 19 Sep 1778, and served to close of war. (Died about 1823.)

  2.   National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970.

    Name: Captain James Williams
    Birth Date: 1750
    Birth Place: England
    Death Date: 1823
    SAR Membership: 32345
    Role: Ancestor
    Application Date: 4 Mar 1919
    Spouse: Elizabeth Blackburn
    Children: Eliza Blackburn Williams

  3. 3.0 3.1 Porter, January W. (Curator of Archaeology & Collections, Lincoln County Historical Association, Lincolnton, North Carolina). Williams-Earle Farmstead. (Williams-Earle House Phase I Archaeological Reconnaissance Survey and Architectural Review).
  4.   Edgar, Walter B; South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives. Research Committee; N. Louise Bailey; and Alexander Moore. Biographical directory of the South Carolina House of Representatives. (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, c1974-)
    Vol. 4, 1791-1815.

    On 6 April 1793 in Washington ,Georgia. Thompson married Eliza Blackburn Williams, daughter of James Williams (D. 1794) and Elizabeth Blackburn. They were the parents of twelve children: ELiza Williams (M. Robinson M Earle), Maria Swann (M. Richard Harrison), Waddy Jr. Sarah Williams (M. 1st Harvey Cleveland, 2nd James Williamson Quarles), Emily C. (M. Thomas F Jones), James Williams, James THomas, Caroline Eliza (M. Robert Alexander Means), Henry Tazewell, Theodore Blackburn, Thomas Williams, and Cornelia Eugenia (m. Ralph Armstrong). Eliza Blackburn Williams Thompson predeceased her husband 30 January 1830. Wady Thomspon died 9 February 1845 in Greenville.