Possibly killed in War of 1812. Widow and children moved to Indiana after his death, either with her brother Benjamin's family, or he may have already been living in Indiana. John's estate was settled in November 1815. Some sources give death date as 1813. Shelby County Will Book 3: 1812-1817 : Roll: 259250: Kentucky State Library and Archives. (pp. 53,54)
Re: Hannah: Shelby Co, Ky>Putnam County, IN By Michele September 25, 2001 at 09:30:01In reply to: Re: Hannah: Shelby Co, Ky>Putnam County, IN 9/19/01http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/warford/380/ Accessed 5 July 2015
Miscellaneous Counties: "Kentucky Court and Other Records, Vol. I" Miscellaneous Counties Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Image (accessed 25 April 2022)
Marriage: "Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965" Ancestry Record 61372 #2317661 (accessed 25 April 2022) John Williams marriage to Lydia Warford on 24 Nov 1803 in Shelby, Kentucky, USA.
Probate: "Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989" Kentucky Records; Author: Ardery, Julia Hoge Spencer, B. 1889 Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9066 #544405 (accessed 25 April 2022) John Williams probate.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's 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: