William Fisher (abt. 1760 - 1835)

Born about 1760 in Mecklenburg, North Carolina, British Colonial America

Husband of Nancy (Phillips) Fisher — married about 1780 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Descendants

Died 20 Jul 1835 at about age 75 in Wilcox, Alabama, United States

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Biography

William was born about 1760. He passed away in 1835.

William Fisher was probably born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia or in North Carolina circa 1760. He was a son of Charles Fisher, who left a Will in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina in 1814. The maiden name of Charles Fisher's wife, Barbara, is unknown or uncertain.

William Fisher was married by 1786 to Nancy Phillips, daughter of William Phillips of Mecklenburg Co., NC. (The name of William Phillips' wife was shown in 1788 Mecklenburg County deed records as Lucy and her name appears to be Lucy [or Lusy] and Lucey [or Lusey] in his 1815 Mecklenburg Co., NC Will.) William Fisher's brother, Paul Fisher, married Nancy's sister, Mary "Polly" Phillips. William's other siblings included John Fisher, Frederick Fisher (a Revolutionary War soldier) and Mary Fisher, who married Frederick Starnes.

Although William Fisher was, prior to moving to Alabama, mainly a resident of Mecklenburg Co., NC, the birthplace of his son, Charles, who was born in 1787, is shown on the 1850 census of Muscogee Co., GA as "Green Co., Geo." (Charles Fisher, of the 1850 Muscogee Co., GA census, was the same person as Rev. Charles Fisher, whose Chattahoochee Co., GA cemetery monument shows his birthplace as Mecklenburg Co., NC.) A 1795 Mecklenburg Co., NC deed record of Jonathan Phillips of Greene Co., GA, in which he sold land on Richardson Creek, was witnessed by, among others, William Fisher and Paul Fisher. Also, a 1798 Mecklenburg Co., NC deed of Sarah Phillips of Greene Co., GA, in which she sold some land on both sides of Richardsons Creek, was witnessed by William Fisher (Jr.?) and Jonathan Phillips.

William Fisher and members of his family moved to Wilcox County, Alabama about 1818. William Fisher's Wilcox Co., AL Will was dated June 12, 1835 and probated July 20, 1835. The Will named his wife, Nancy, and children, "Milly Walker wife of Andrew Walker...Sarah Belk, Charles Fisher, Elizabeth Helmes wife of Uriah Helmes, Polly Higginbotham, John Fisher, Green A. Fisher, James R. Fisher & George D. Fisher."

One of the papers of Mrs. Lauretta Russell (a Fisher descendant) that is located in the Alabama Archives and is listed under Fisher Family in the Card Catalog at Ancestry.com, is a letter written by Dr. George Doughty Fisher's daughter, Mrs. Louisa Leomi (Fisher) Cushman Blake, to a nephew. In that letter, dated 1902, she stated, in referring to her father, "...his brothers were rather prominent men..." and that one of their sisters was Polly, "who married a Higginbotham..." Mrs. Blake went on to state, "My father was a graduate of Lexington Medical College..." and "Your grandfather had two brothers, Green and Jim Fisher...both lived in Texas. Charles Fisher was a Methodist Minister. Moved to Talbot County, Ga., and from there to Jamestown, where he afterwards died."

Another son of William Fisher and his wife, Nancy Phillips, was Col. William Phillips Fisher. See THE GULF STATES HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, Volume 1 (1902) and REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, Volume 17 (1855).

The children of William Fisher and his wife, Nancy Phillips, included the following:

1. Rev. Charles Fisher, b. 23 July 1787 in either Greene Co., GA or Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 7 May 1866 Jamestown, Chattahoochee Co., GA; married Mary Helms in Washington Co., GA in 1810. Rev. Charles Fisher was a Methodist preacher and a plantation owner. Mrs. Mary Helms Fisher was a daughter of (Unknown) Helms and his wife, Sarah Porter, and a stepdaughter of Rev. John Covington of Washington Co., GA. Mrs. Sarah (Porter) Helms Covington may have been a member of one of the Porter families who were shown on the 1790 census of Mecklenburg Co., NC. (I was unable to add biographical information for my ancestor, Rev. Charles Fisher, to his memorial as I was unable to contact the memorial's creator. However, I included biographical information for him in the memorial for his wife, Mary [Helms] Fisher.)
2. Milly Fisher, b. bet. 1789-1790 in GA or Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. aft. 1840; married Andrew Walker.
3. Sarah Fisher, b. bet. 1791-1800 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 4 Apr. 1874; married Brittain Belk.
4. Elizabeth Fisher, b. abt. 1792 Mecklenburg Co., NC; res. 1850 Muscogee Co., GA and 1860 Chattahoochee Co., GA; married Pamly Uriah Helms, son of George Helms, Jr. and his wife, Sarah Pressley.
5. John P. Fisher, b. 1795 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 1838 Lowndes Co., AL; married Nancy Alvarice Porter. John was an attorney.
6. Col. William Phillips Fisher, b. 10 March 1797 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 8 Feb. 1864 Walker Co., TX; married (1) Martha "Patsy" White, and (2) Mrs. Elizabeth B. Tittle Alexander, widow of Edmund Alexander. William Phillips Fisher was an attorney, a judge, and a plantation owner in Lowndes Co., AL.
7. Mary "Polly" Fisher, b. 1800 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 1864 Wilcox Co., AL; married Blakeley C. Higginbotham.
8. Green A. Fisher, b. bet. 1801-1813 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 1875 Alto, Cherokee Co., TX; married (1) Unknown, and (2) Elizabeth Rebecca Ann Young.
9. James "Jim" R. Fisher, b. 1810 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. 1863 Alabama; married Jane E. Hobbs.
10. Dr. George Doughty Fisher, b. bet. 1814-1815 Mecklenburg Co., NC; d. bet. 1864-1865 Baghdad, Florida; married Lauretta Virginia Grimes.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave Index [1]

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHNR-MQ4

Satterwhite Family history, posted by D. Marshall Satterwhite