NOTE: No documentation has ever been provided to prove the first name Jonathan. His name in all primary source documents in both Franklin Co., GA and in Campbell Co., VA (where he lived prior to moving to GA) is simply "Peter Williamson." This isncludes all probate documents.
Sources
Probate Records; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Franklin County); Probate Place: Franklin, Georgia, Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Peter Williamson, Will dated 1798.
WikiTree profile Williamson-1488 created through the import of Gorham Family Tree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by Dale Gorham. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Dale and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Peter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
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I am researching Peter Williamson, who lived in Franklin County and was an attorney at law in early Franklin County business. Did he attend college at W&M?
See Augusta Chronicle, February 23 1793: https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82015220/1793-02-23/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F1763¬text=&date2=12%2F31%2F1800&words=Peter+Williamson&searchType=advanced&sequence=0&index=0&proxdistance=5&rows=12&ortext=&proxtext=Peter+Williamson&andtext=&page=1