Where was John B. Williams Born

Question

There was NO Alleghany NC in 1777 so this could be some of the difficulty in finding  any kind of Birth Record.I also I found one book in the Wilkes Library that had him as born in Wales?

Answer 1

You are partially right. There is an Alleghany county which was formed from Ashe County. See http://www.northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/618/entry for some information of this part of the state.  I suspect that He was born in what became Ashe County and then Alleghany County.  I show his death was in Ashe County.