Andrew Jackson Williamson (1816 - 1908)

Born 2 Jan 1816 in Montgomery County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1908 at age 92 in Emanuel County, Georgia, USA

Biography

Andrew Jackson Williamson was born 2 January 1816 in Montgomery County, Georgia, the son of John Williamson and Elizabeth Sullivan Williamson^[1].

He married Lecy Ann Moore. In 1850 they lived in Montgomery County with their children James, John, Milly, Jackson, Elizabeth, Dicy, Sarah, Mary Ann, Nancy, and a twenty-five-year-old woman named Angeline Pease^[2].

Andrew J. Williamson served in the Georgia House of Representatives for the county of Montgomery in 1853 and 1854.

He served as executor to his father's estate and 4 November 1858 a bill was introduced to the Georgia legislature to authorize him to sell his father's property^[3].

Andrew J. Williamson bill article

They lived in Montgomery County in 1860 with children James, John, Jackson, Dicy, Sarah, Mary A., Nancy, Terry Ann, Drewry, George, Josephine, and a 23-year-old man named Henry Wilkes^[4]. In 1870 they were still in Montgomery with their children Theresa, Steely, George M., Josephine, Milliard M., Victoria, Alexander and a twenty-year-old man named John Kersey^[5]. 1880 finds the family in Emanuel County, Georgia with Steely, Millard, Victoria, Steely's wife Theresa, and their son Felix^[6]. They lived with their son Alex and his family in Emanuel County^[7].

TARRYTOWN -- 8 January 1903

The Montgomery monitor. 1886-current, Image 2

He died 20 September 1908 in Emanuel County Georgia and was buried in Williamson Cemetery, Toombs County, Georgia^[1].

Obituary

The Montgomery Monitor, Vol. XXIII, No. 19 Mt. Vernon, Georgia - Thursday, Sept. 24, 1908^[9]

AJ Williamson obituary

(NOTE: Actually there were 16 children to reach maturity -- Victoria Anderson had died before her father. Also, the one named as "Mellie Phillips" would be Millicent Gillis.)

He was mentioned in the death records of his children Sarah Jane Wilkes^[10] and Theresa Calhoun^[11] in 1920, A.W. Gillis^[12] in 1921, Nancy Corbin^[13] in 1926, Dicy Phillips^[14] in 1930, Mollie Autry^[15] in 1932, Elizabeth Phillips^[16] in 1934, and Alexander Stephen Williamson in 1956^[17].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #33093751
2. ↑ Andrew J Williamson, United States Census, 1850
3. ↑ Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, November 09, 1858, Image 2
4. ↑ A J Williamson, United States Census, 1860
5. ↑ A J Williamson, United States Census, 1870
6. ↑ Andrew J Williamson, United States Census, 1880
7. ↑ Andrew Williamson, United States Census, 1900
8. ↑ The Montgomery Monitor, Mt. Vernon, Georgia - Thursday January 8, 1903
9. ↑ The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, September 24, 1908, Image 1
10. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of Sarah Jane Wilks
11. ↑ A. J. Williamson, mentioned in the record of Teresa Calhoun
12. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of A W Gillis
13. ↑ Andrew Williams, mentioned in the record of Nancy Corbin
14. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of Dicie Phillips
15. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of Mollie Autry
16. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of Elizabeth Phillips
17. ↑ Andrew Williamson, mentioned in the record of Alexander Stephen Williamson

Bibliography

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2020), memorial page for Andrew Jackson Williamson (2 Jan 1816–20 Sep 1908), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33093751, citing Williamson Cemetery, Toombs County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Olivia Williamson Braddy (contributor 47128539).
• United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYH-96G : 12 April 2016), Andrew J Williamson, Montgomery county, Montgomery, Georgia, United States; citing family 21, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, November 09, 1858, Image 2
• United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMN-52H : 13 December 2017), A J Williamson, 1860.
• United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3J-MMD : 11 June 2019), A J Williamson, 1870.
• United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LT-HMS : 11 August 2017), Andrew J Williamson, District 50, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 54, sheet 622A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,145.
• United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N2-NQG : accessed 17 January 2020), Andrew Williamson in household of Elick Williamson, Militia District 50, Emanuel, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 101, sheet 7A, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,195.
• The Montgomery Monitor, Mt. Vernon, Georgia - Thursday January 8, 1903
• The Montgomery monitor. (Mt. Vernon, Montgomery County, Ga.) 1886-current, September 24, 1908, Image 1
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD6D-TX4 : 4 December 2018), Andrew Williamson in entry for Sarah Jane Wilks, 1920.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD69-CZF : 4 December 2018), A. J. Williamson in entry for Teresa Calhoun, 1920.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD6L-5X9 : 4 December 2018), Andrew Williamson in entry for A W Gillis, 1921.
• Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDJ3-37C : 4 December 2018), Andrew Williams in entry for Nancy Corbin, 1926.
• Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ97-5J9 : 1 August 2019), Andrew Williamson in entry for Dicie Phillips, 25 Apr 1930; citing Kibbee, Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
• Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJX9-LX9B : 1 August 2019), Andrew Williamson in entry for Mollie Autry, 29 Sep 1932; citing Montgomery, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
• Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJXM-RGW7 : 1 August 2019), Andrew Williamson in entry for Elizabeth Phillips, 27 Mar 1934; citing Treutlen, Georgia, United States, Georgia State Archives, Morrow.
• Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYL-YJPQ : 16 August 2019), Andrew Williamson in entry for Alexander Stephen Williamson, 09 Jun 1956; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Norfolk, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.