David Williams (abt. 1763 - abt. 1832)

Born about 1763 in Duplin, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (James) Williams — married 29 Sep 1786 in Duplin, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died about May 1832 at about age 69 in Irwin, Berrien, Georgia, United States

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Biography

According to Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume I

Children of David and Mary were Frederick b. 1790 m. Charity Dees, April 13, 1809 Nancy b. 1792 m. Willis King, December 30, 1813 Elizabeth b. 1795 m. Thomas H. Thomas Barbara b. 1798 m. __________ Dukes, Died 1852 no issue Virginia b. 1804 m. William Hall, 1824 Rebecca b. 1808 m. Thomas Hunter, December 13, 1827 Zilpha b. 1811 m. Elisha Tucker, September 23, 1830

David Williams served in the 10th North Carolina Regiment, Capt. Coleman's Company, in the Revolutionary War, enlisting January 10, 1782, serving 12 mos.

In 1819, David and family and also his wife's brother, Charles James and his wife, moved to the new County of Irwin.

David's home was the place where the first Superior Court in Irwin County was held September 21, 1820; his home was made temporary county-seat until a permanent site could be selected. The first election in Irwin was held in April 1820, for five Justices of the Inferior Court; David was one of those elected. The first term was held at his home, July 3, 1820. Courts and elections were continued to be held at the Williams home until July 2, 1822.

David served as a Justice of the Inferior Court of Irwin County, 1820-25, and as Representative to the General Assembly, 1820, 1821, 1822. He died in May, 1832, intestate; and was buried in what is now an old abandoned burying-ground one mile north of the Dorminy Cemetery on the Ocmulgee River, in present Ben Hill County, grave unmarked.

Mrs. Mary Williams, the widow, and Redding Hunter applied for administration of the Williams estate Nov. 6, 1832, and were appointed January Term, 1833, Irwin Inferior Court. A Year's Support was set apart to the widow Jan. 28, 1833. On April 27, 1833, she applied for a dowry out of the estate, which was granted May 16, 1833, and consisted of the home-place on Lots 88 and 114, 4th District. Receipts from the 8 heirs for their shares, all dated Jan. 23, 1837, appear recorded in Minute Book "A" of Irwin Inferior Court; these receipts are signed by Thomas Hunter, William Hall, Elisha Tucker, Barbara Williams, Mrs. Mary Williams, Willis King, Thomas Hunter and Thomas H. Thomas. Note: The husbands of the daughters signed their own names as heirs, the law at that time making the wife's inheritance to automatically pass to the husband and title to vest in him.

Is there a David Williams born 18o1 who is their son?

Sources

• Huxfords Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia

• Source: S-2136560311 Repository: #R-2145922470 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4304014&pid=832
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• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9V-V6QB : 9 March 2021), David Williams and Mary James, 29 Sep 1786; citing Duplin, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
• Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Cheri Hoffman for creating WikiTree profile Williams-17632 through the import of Hoffman Family Tree.ged on Jun 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Cheri and others.