John and Mary Morgan Williams had three sons and a daughter, that is, Sylvester, Lemuel, Preston and Roxie. In 1864, John was killed by a deserter from the Confederate Army as he was attempting to arrest him. His killer was later captured by a detachment of soldiers headed by John L. Morgan, Jr. He was brought to Homerville where he was hung.
Sources
History of Clinch County, page 306.
"Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXVJ-PQJ : 7 February 2020), John E. Williams and Nancy Morgan, 24 Jan 1884; citing Marriage, Johnson, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 432,818.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Richard Harris for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Richard and others.
WikiTree profile Williams-13083 created through the import of culmer_family.ged on October 22, 2012 by Steve Culmer. See the changes page for the details of edits by Steve and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John: