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Thomas Williamson (1770 - 1836)

Thomas Williamson
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and [mother unknown]
Husband of — married 3 Aug 1790 in Greene Co., Southwest Territorymap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 66 in Greene County, Tennesseemap
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Biography

NOTE: Thomas and his wife Keziah have been confused with another couple with the same names who lived in Nash County, N.C. Please see Thomas Williamson.


3 Aug 1790 - Thomas Williamson marries Keziah Broyles with James Broyles as security. Greene Co., Southwest Territory (now Tennessee).[1]

20 Nov 1797 - Thomas witnesses the marriage of Frances Bays to John Broyles, Greene Co., Tenn.[2] He was John's brother-in-law.

Jan 1798 - Thos. Williamson is named to a road committee in Greene Co.[3]

Jul 1799 - He is named to a jury.[4]

15 Feb 1819 - No. 6053, State of Tennessee grants 110 acres to Daniel Guin on south side of Nolachucky near waters of Horse Creek. Adjoining Thomas Williamson and Jacob Broyles, including Chestnut Ridge, heirs of Lewis Broyles.[5]

1816 to 1834 - Thomas Williamson, M.G., solemnized many marriages in Greene Co., Tenn.[6]

1830 - Thomas heads a household in the federal census of Greene County. He and his wife are listed as 60-70 years old (born 1760-70).[7]

1 Jun 1836 - Thomas writes his will. Greene Co., Tenn.

Wife Kizzia, in case she intermarries she only gets 1/3 personal property - rest to be sold and divided between my 6 daughters. Children: Thomas W., Delilah, Jeremiah, John, Elizabeth, Polly, Kezziah, Tabitha, Sara. My three sons have their part - to have no more. Wit: Johnathan Prather, John Nelson. Exec: Washington Henshaw, son Jeremiah Williamson. Probated 1 Aug 1836.[8]

Burial - FindAGrave memorial #10943691, Horse Creek, Greene County, Tennessee.

1844 - Keziah Williamson is taxed for 107 acres.[9]


Sources

  1. Burgner, Marriages, p5
  2. Burgner, Marriages, p12
  3. Houston, Sandra Kelton, Greene Co., Tenn., Minutes of the Court of Common Pleas 1797-1807, Southern Historical Press, 1981, p46
  4. Houston, p98
  5. Burgner, Goldene Fillers, North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Greene Co., Tenn., p278
  6. Burgner, Goldene Fillers, Greene Co., Tenn., Marriages 1783-1868, Southern Historical Press, 1981
  7. <"United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP9-CSL : 7 September 2017), Thos Williamson, Greene, Tennessee, United States; citing 199, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 180; FHL microfilm 24,538.
  8. Burgner, Goldene Fillers, Greene Co., Tenn., Wills 1783-1890, Southern Historical Press, 1981, p46
  9. Keith, Prof. Arthur Leslie, The Broyles Family, c. 1940, typescript, Keziah Broyles, id#57




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