Looking for help to separate two Thomas Williamson & wife Keziah couples

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I'm trying to find the proper wife for Williamson-1196 "Thomas Williamson".  Her name appears to be Keziah or some variant spelling such as Kessiah.  These people appear to have lived in North Carolina their entire lives.

A lot of records incorrectly identify her as Keziah Broyles who was in Tennessee married to Williamson-4356.

Can anyone lend a hand in finding the proper wife of Williamson-1196?

These memorials illustrate the confusion:
 

Tennesee:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10943691/thomas-williamson

North Carolina:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95339762/thomas-williamson

WikiTree profile: Thomas Williamson
in Genealogy Help by Troy High G2G1 (1.8k points)
I have a distant aunt named Keziah, in six different census her name is spelled  a different way each time, as well as her baptism records. Variations are Theria, Kesia, Kezia, Keziah,Kesiah, Kizia.
Same photo of same bronze plaque in two different states.  Hmmmm.
First one uploaded 2005

The second 2012

Page 3 of this document:
http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15012coll1/id/52942/rec/2114

Shows that "Kesiah Williamson" is the wife of Thomas WIlliamson, and the mother of Garry Williamson (one of several children of the couple).

It also states that Kesiah died in may 1854.  Which is 10 years difference from the TN Keziah Broyles who died in 1844.

Here are Keziah's estate papers from Wilson County, North Carolina:

"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFSW-MPX : 13 March 2018), Kesiah Williamson, 1854; citing Wilson, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,217,035.

The file is dated 1854 (before Wilson County was formed), but the earliest pages are dated 1859.  Keziah's administrator was Willis (or Willie) W Willamson.  It doesn't shed any light on her LNAB.

It's (remotely) possible that she was a Kesiah Williamson before marrying Thomas Williamson....and that is why this is proving to be challenging...
Thanks anyway - I will still review these estate files to see if it has any clues that may reveal her LNAB.

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