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Proven Children of Edward and Jemimah Williams                                                                                                                    TOC

1.      Penelope Williams: married Dudley Curle according to Bourbon County records on 23 May 1792

2.      Daniel Williams: proven by deeds and land suit

3.      Joshua Williams: proven by deed

4.      Susannah Williams: proven by deed and will

5.      Casper Williams: listed only in the Pioneer Families of Missouri book and there is no other record of him/her

6.      Caleb C. Williams: proven by deed and a family bible which says he was born 10 Dec 1782 of Edward and Jemima Williams

7.      Winifred "Winnie" Williams: circumstantial evidence but no direct proof. Could she have been the Casper listed in the History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri book? Pernell as listed in that book is thought to be Penelope.

 

The Ancestors and Descendants of

Daniel Williams and Violet {Couch}{Crouch}

 

Daniel was the son of Edward Williams and was not the Daniel related to Jefferson Davis.

Thanks to Lee Strohm Harrell. A proof researcher  and the East Ky. Williams Research Group that have allowed documented proof research on the Williams family to be posted here.

 

It can be said today that "It has been WRITTEN that
Daniel &
> Violet married c1787 Boonesborough by Squire Boone" BUT the
> location can just as easily be incorrect as any other
early
> claim on Daniel (i.e. when he came to the wilderness).
>
> The circa DATE for the marriage of Daniel & Violet is
based
> on their daughter FRANCES "Frankey" WILLIAMS' stated age
of 63
> on the 1850 Morgan County KY census...1850 minus 63
equals b.
> c1787. All the early researchers (prob. all long
deceased...we
> don't know if Mr. McKee is deceased but certainly he is
beyond
> our reach now) said VIOLET was b. NC. It would
certainly fit
> that her parents could have been in NC and they (or other
> family members) could have come to the Watauga
Settlements to
> remove to the VA wilderness on the Caintuck River...when
Ambrose
> Coffee came (if he's the connection) or at the same time
EDWARD
> WILLIAMS' family & NICHOLAS ANDERSON'S family came 1779
(Ambrose
> was there before Edward & Nicholas). She, a young single
woman,
> WOULD have, for certainty, come to the wilderness WITH
> family...and she would've been there before 1787.
>
> NOW, "Frankey" Williams circa birth date of 1787 has led
me to
> list HER as the FIRST child born to Daniel & Violet.
John T.
> Williams, Esquire b. 1789 was child #2...not child #1 as
stated
> in the BOOK. Child #3 is uncertain but I THINK it's
THORNTON.
> It is written that Nancy J. was child #4.

 

SHARON,
You posted 05 August:

19336-12-679- January 25, 1786: Top Document. ?Crumpton certified
Private DANIEL WILLIAMS served as a soldier in Capt. Chapman
company of the Western Battalion and was entitled to depreciation
of his pay from May 3, 1779 to October 21, 1781. George Rogers
Clark Papers - Roll #12.

I AM inclined to believe that THIS was DANIEL s/o EDWARD even
tho he would have been only 16 in 1779. I can't find
anything to prove that it was BUT I can't find anything to
dispute it, either. He WAS in the right location and he wasn't
WITH his father in June 1779 when Edward WENT to the
improvement to build his cabin and put the wedges in the
tree...being on military duty might explain WHY he wasn't there
that day to help clear the land & build the cabin.

 

Source: Fayette County Records, Vol. I. Michael Cook, CG and Bettie A.
Cummings, CG

 

p.814, Map showing place where Edwin Williams' cabin stood; John Harper's
cabin, Nicholas Anderson's cabin, South Fork, Harper's fork, Payne's fork,
Schools fork, Calk's fort, small "Mountain creek, Spencer creek, Lulbegrud
creek, William's fork, WILLIAM HOY' s improvement, NICHOLAS PROCTOR' s
improvement and the dividing ridge between Lulbegrud and Small Mountain
creek.

 

 

JEFFERSON COUNTY - 1780 - 1 of 3 original counties - Jefferson
County VIRGINIA - County seat: Louisville.
LINCOLN COUNTY - 1780 - 1 0f 3 original counties - Lincoln County
VIRGINIA - County seat Stanford.
FAYETTE COUNTY - 1780 - 1 of 3 original counties - Fayette County
VIRGINIA. County seat: Lexington.

Williams records are found in early Fayette County KY.

BOURBON COUNTY KY formed 1786 from FAYETTE County VA/KY. Paris is
the county seat.

Williams records are found in early Bourbon County KY.

MADISON COUNTY KY formed 1786 from LINCOLN County VA/KY. Richmond
is the county seat.

Williams records may be found in Madison County KY.
Boonesborough ended up in Madison County KY. I believe it
would be accurate to say, IF we continue to claim it, that Daniel
Williams & Violet Couch/Crouch were m. c1787 (put that circa or
ABT in there...based on dau FRANCES "Frankey" WILLIAMS birth
c1787 Madison County KY) Bonnesborough Madison County KY.

MASON COUNTY KY formed 1789 from BOURBON County KY. Maysville
is the county seat.

CLARK COUNTY KY - 1793 - taken from Bourbon & Fayette Counties KY.
Winchester is the county seat.

Williams records are found in Clarke County KY.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY KY - 1797 - taken from CLARK County KY. Mount
Sterling is the county seat.
In 1795 Daniel Williams and wife Violet sell
land that Daniel Williams got from Edward William's 400 acre pre-
emption (Clark County deed in picture folder). In 1787 Fayette
County Tithable tax list is Ambrose Coffee shown with an additional
tithable named Francis Crouch. This must be the Francis Crouch that
was married to Hannah Hatton and/or Jenny Sparks in Clark County,
which would make him born circa 1765. This would place him as the
right age to be Violet's brother. According to what I have been
able to dig up online, Ambrose Coffee was born 1755 in Dublin,
Ireland. He came to America at the age of 12, and came to Fort
Boonesborough no later than 1777 and possibly by 1776. I have read
that he married after coming to Fort Boonesborough, but don't have a
marriage record, so I don't know if that is true. On Ancestry.com
Ambrose's wife's name is listed as Ailsey (might not have that
spelled correctly). Is it possible that Ailsey and Francis Crouch
are related to Violet, maybe even brother and sister? This might be
a wild stretch, and hope this is only used for research purposes,
because there really is only room for speculation without some more
evidence. For all you that have parents for Violet, does she have
listed a brother Francis or sister Ailsey? There could have been a
close connection somehow to Ambrose Coffee for Daniel Williams to
have sold part of his father's pre-emption to Ambrose. Edward and
Daniel saw hard times gaining this land, so I don't think they would
have parted with it lightly.

 

 

Compiled By: Charles B. Heineman 1940 Library of
> Congress No. 66-
> 16627
>
> Personal Property Tax List No.2 of Fayette County
> 1787 First Ky Census


>
> W. Anderson, Presley Anderson, Nicholas Anderson,
> Js. Anderson,
> Ambrose Coffee(Francis Crouch), Jos. Williams, Ed
> Williams, Phil.
> Williams, C.Williams (were among many on the list,
> but these were
> the names I picked out because they associate with
> our family, words
> of HBD) *Names in Parentheses are additional while
> tithables.
>
> Who was Francis Crouch? Note that he was in the
> household of
> Ambrose Coffee as an additional white tithable.
> Could he be a close
> relation of Ambrose Coffee? 1795 was when Daniel
> and Violet sold
> land they had gotten from Edward Williams
> pre-emption to Ambrose
> Coffee. Interesting Huhh?? Also on a post I made
> earlier it gave
> Ambrose Coffee as coming from Dublin, Ireland.

 

 

WILLIAM WILLIAMS  of Westmoreland County VA  had siblings  EDWARD,

JOSHUA  & ANN  (proven by  EDWARD'S 1733  Westmoreland County VA will).

Their parents are unknown at this time.   WILLIAM WILLIAMS was  b.

c1700 (guesstimate) unknown  location at this time.  WILLIAM WILLIAMS

m.   [ ? ]   PROB Westmoreland County VA at some time BEF 1733

(daughter  ELIZABETH b. BEF 1733).  There were probably other children

born  after ELIZABETH  &  before  their son  EDWARD  b.  1738  but they

are unknown at this  time.   KNOWN children are ELIZABETH, EDWARD &

SUSANNAH.

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  (heir-at-law)  s/o  WILLIAM WILLIAMS of Westmoreland

was b. 1738  (he was  [in sworn deposition]  58  years old in 1796)  in

PROB  Westmoreland VA. The WILLIAM WILLIAMS family removed   from

Westmoreland County VA to Prince William  County  VA  c1740  where

WILLIAM WILLIAMS & his brother-in-law RICHARD HAZELRIGG  (husband of

ANN WILLIAMS) of Westmoreland County VA  purchased  land  together in

1741  (deed  of sale of this PW  land by his son  EDWARD  heir-at-law  & JEMIMAH WILLIAMS in 1771).  WILLIAM WILLIAMS died BEF 1754  in  Prince William County  VA  leaving two   MINOR  children EDWARD WILLIAMS b. 1738   &  SUSANNAH WILLIAMS  who CHOSE   their own guardian JOHN ANDERSON (1754  PW  guardianship bond). Child  ELIZABETH WILLIAMS was assumed to  be  either married or an  adult. 

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  b. 1738  voted in 1761  Prince William County VA.  It

is supposition  based on  strong circumstantials  that EDWARD WILLIAMS

b. 1738  PROB  Westmoreland  County VA   married   ABT 1762  in Prince

William County VA  to   JEMIMAH PROB CARTER  b.  c1742  PROB Prince

William County VA d/o  William CARTER  & SARAH MUSE MUSE   of  Prince

William County VA  (JEMIMAH [CARTER] WILLIAMS  was named  in her mother’s SARAH MUSE MUSE CARTER THORN WILSON'S will).   William Thorn  of Prince William County VA  was JEMIMAH CARTER  WILLIAMS'  stepfather.

 

EDWARD & JEMIMAH PROB CARTER WILLIAMS had a son DANIEL WILLIAMS  (1804

deposition)  b.  31 March 1763  (born  NO  other  claimed  year than

1763)  PROB  Prince William County VA  (since  THAT  is where his

parents  EDWARD & JEMIMAH  were in 1763...I use PROB  for location  only because there is no birth  certificate,  Bible  record  or any  other KNOWN  proof  for  DANIEL b. 31 March  1763   s/o EDWARD & JEMIMAH'S birth  ANYWHERE  but it is KNOWN that he was BORN where his PARENTS were...and they were  KNOWN to  be  IN Prince William  County VA AT THE LEAST  between 1761 &  1776).   DANIEL WILLIAMS'  headstone at Old Caney Cemetery  Floyd County KY  claims that  he was  57 years  4 months 0 days old   when  he  died  31 July  1820  in FLOYD COUNTY KY.  DANIEL WILLIAMS  of FLOYD COUNTY  KY never set foot in MORGAN County KY...it was formed 1822  AFTER his death...altho the cemetery  where he  & his wife VIOLET COUCH  (d.  1830 Morgan County KY) are  buried  is,  since 1822,  in Morgan County KY).

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  is documented in  Prince William County VA until at

least 1776...records show he came to  Boonesborough on the  Caintuck

River in  the Spring  1779  (no earlier...sworn deposition)  and  while

it is unknown   whether  JEMIMAH (his  ONE  & ONLY  KNOWN wife)  &  the

rest  of his family came with him at first  it  IS  known that his

entire family  lived below  Boonesborough for about 2 1/2 years before

settling on  their  400  acre preemption on  Lulbegrud  Creek  (in what

became CLARK,  then MONTGOMERY Counties KY).  

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  of Lulbegrud   Creek   Montgomery County KY  was never

THOMAS  Edward WILLIAMS  b. 17 October 1731  Chester County  PA  or

THOMAS Edward Williams of  ANYWHERE  else.  The claim that  EDWARD

WILLIAMS of Lulbegrud  was married to  (2) Jemimah Anderson in

Boonesborough  was based on one  partially  flawed  biography  written

by  Missouri  descendants  of CALEB C. WILLIAMS  s/o EDWARD &  JEMIMAH

PROB  CARTER WILLIAMS  long after  CALEB C. WILLIAMS was deceased...and

there is NO PROOF for it.  To the best of  MY knowledge EDWARD WILLIAMS

b. 1738  PROB  Westmoreland County VA  s/o  WILLIAM & [ ? ]  WILLIAMS

of Westmoreland   was   NEVER  married to  a Jamima  Anderson  d/o  a

John Anderson b.  c1715  Bedford England.   There is also NO  PROOF for

that.   That  EDWARD WILLIAMS was married to a  JEMIMAH   is documented

in VA & KY.   The circumstantials  of place, time,  location  say  that

woman was JEMIMAH  CARTER.   As an  aside,  JEMIMAH PROB  CARTER

WILLIAMS'  name  was  ALWAYS  spelled   JEMIMAH with an "h" at the end.  

 

The  STB children  of EDWARD &  JEMIMAH   PROB  CARTER  WILLIAMS  were:

DANIEL; JOSHUA; PENELOPE; CALEB C.; CASPER (no known  info on this

child); SUSANNAH and PROB  WINIFRED  "Winnie"  WILLIAMS...there may BE

more...if there are  they are unknown at  this time.  

 

EDWARD & JEMIMAH  PROB CARTER WILLIAMS   were  religious dissenters

(BAPTISTS)  of modest  (financial) means...records show he was indigent

when  he got his  400 acre preemption  on Lulbegrud  (made improvements,raised corn,  qualified...paid no money) lived on Lulbegrud Creek, farmed there,  fought Indians there,  was an  RW  Patriot there,  raised his family there,  went to church there, was a  deacon in the  church there, drank a little too much there,  and died there  on  Lulbegrud Creek   in  Montgomery County KY  on  04 September 1804  (widely claimed but  the SOURCE is unknown at this time)  leaving  his widow JEMIMAH PROB CARTER  WILLIAMS  living on  the home plantation  in Montgomery County KY  with her son  CALEB C. WILLIAMS  & his family.   JEMIMAH eventually moved to Floyd County  KY  c1811  to  probably  live with another one of her children  and  died  in  PROB Morgan County KY,  
This should take care of EARLY records on Edward & Jemimah
Carter Williams. Edward Williams d. c1804 Lulbegrud Montgomery
County KY.

 

Compiled By: Charles B. Heineman 1940 Library of
> Congress No. 66-
> 16627
>
> Personal Property Tax List No.2 of Fayette County
> 1787 First Ky Census


>
> W. Anderson, Presley Anderson, Nicholas Anderson,
> Js. Anderson,
> Ambrose Coffee(Francis Crouch), Jos. Williams, Ed
> Williams, Phil.
> Williams, C.Williams (were among many on the list,
> but these were
> the names I picked out because they associate with
> our family, words
> of HBD) *Names in Parentheses are additional while
> tithables.
>
> Who was Francis Crouch? Note that he was in the
> household of
> Ambrose Coffee as an additional white tithable.
> Could he be a close
> relation of Ambrose Coffee? 1795 was when Daniel
> and Violet sold
> land they had gotten from Edward Williams
> pre-emption to Ambrose
> Coffee. Interesting Huhh?? Also on a post I made
> earlier it gave
> Ambrose Coffee as coming from Dublin, Ireland.

 

 

WILLIAM WILLIAMS  of Westmoreland County VA  had siblings  EDWARD,

JOSHUA  & ANN  (proven by  EDWARD'S 1733  Westmoreland County VA will).

Their parents are unknown at this time.   WILLIAM WILLIAMS  was  b.

c1700 (guesstimate) unknown  location at this time.  WILLIAM WILLIAMS

m.   [ ? ]   PROB Westmoreland  County  VA  at some time  BEF 1733

(daughter  ELIZABETH b. BEF 1733).  There were probably other children

born  after ELIZABETH  &  before  their son  EDWARD  b.  1738  but they

are unknown at this  time.   KNOWN children are ELIZABETH, EDWARD &

SUSANNAH.

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  (heir-at-law)  s/o  WILLIAM WILLIAMS of Westmoreland

was b. 1738  (he was  [in sworn deposition]  58  years old in 1796)  in

PROB  Westmoreland VA. The WILLIAM WILLIAMS family removed   from

Westmoreland County VA to Prince William  County  VA  c1740  where

WILLIAM WILLIAMS & his brother-in-law RICHARD HAZELRIGG  (husband of

ANN WILLIAMS) of Westmoreland County VA  purchased  land  together in

1741  (deed  of sale of this PW  land by his son  EDWARD  heir-at-law  &

JEMIMAH WILLIAMS in 1771).  WILLIAM WILLIAMS died BEF 1754  in  Prince

William County  VA  leaving two   MINOR  children EDWARD WILLIAMS b.

1738   &  SUSANNAH WILLIAMS  who CHOSE   their own guardian JOHN

ANDERSON (1754  PW  guardianship bond). Child  ELIZABETH WILLIAMS was

assumed to  be  either married or an  adult. 

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  b. 1738  voted in 1761  Prince William County VA.  It

is supposition  based on  strong circumstantials  that EDWARD WILLIAMS

b. 1738  PROB  Westmoreland  County VA   married   ABT 1762  in Prince

William County VA  to   JEMIMAH PROB CARTER  b.  c1742  PROB Prince

William County VA d/o  [ ? ]  CARTER  & SARAH MUSE MUSE   of  Prince

William County VA  (JEMIMAH [CARTER] WILLIAMS  was named  in her mother

SARAH MUSE MUSE CARTER THORN WILSON'S will).   William Thorn  of Prince

William County VA  was JEMIMAH CARTER  WILLIAMS'  stepfather.

EDWARD & JEMIMAH PROB CARTER WILLIAMS had a son DANIEL WILLIAMS  (1804

deposition)  b.  31 March 1763  (born  NO  other  claimed  year than

1763)  PROB  Prince William County VA  (since  THAT  is where his

parents  EDWARD & JEMIMAH  were in 1763...I use PROB  for location  only because there is no birth  certificate,  Bible  record  or any  other KNOWN  proof  for  DANIEL b. 31 March  1763   s/o EDWARD & JEMIMAH'S birth  ANYWHERE  but it is KNOWN that he was BORN where his PARENTS were...and they were  KNOWN to  be  IN Prince William  County VA AT THE LEAST  between 1761 &  1776).   DANIEL WILLIAMS'  headstone at Old Caney Cemetery  Floyd County KY  claims that  he was  57 years  4 months 0 days old   when  he  died  31 July  1820  in FLOYD COUNTY KY.  DANIEL WILLIAMS  of FLOYD COUNTY  KY never set foot in MORGAN County KY...it was formed 1822  AFTER his death...altho the cemetery  where he  & his wife VIOLET COUCH  (d.  1830 Morgan County KY) are  buried  is,  since 1822,  in Morgan County KY).

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  is documented in  Prince William County VA until at

least 1776...records show he came to  Boonesborough on the  Caintuck

River in  the Spring  1779  (no earlier...sworn deposition)  and  while

it is unknown   whether  JEMIMAH (his  ONE  & ONLY  KNOWN wife)  &  the

rest  of his family came with him at first  it  IS  known that his

entire family  lived below  Boonesborough for about 2 1/2 years before

settling on  their  400  acre preemption on  Lulbegrud  Creek  (in what

became CLARK,  then MONTGOMERY Counties KY).  

 

EDWARD WILLIAMS  of Lulbegrud   Creek   Montgomery County KY  was never

THOMAS  Edward WILLIAMS  b. 17 October 1731  Chester County  PA  or

THOMAS Edward Williams of  ANYWHERE  else.  The claim that  EDWARD

WILLIAMS of Lulbegrud  was married to  (2) Jemimah Anderson in

Boonesborough  was based on one  partially  flawed  biography  written

by  Missouri  descendants  of CALEB C. WILLIAMS  s/o EDWARD &  JEMIMAH

PROB  CARTER WILLIAMS  long after  CALEB C. WILLIAMS was deceased...and

there is NO PROOF for it.  To the best of  MY knowledge EDWARD WILLIAMS

b. 1738  PROB  Westmoreland County VA  s/o  WILLIAM & [ ? ]  WILLIAMS

of Westmoreland   was   NEVER  married to  a Jamima  Anderson  d/o  a

John Anderson b.  c1715  Bedford England.   There is also NO  PROOF for

that.   That  EDWARD WILLIAMS was married to a  JEMIMAH   is documented

in VA & KY.   The circumstantials  of place, time,  location  say  that

woman was JEMIMAH  CARTER.   As an  aside,  JEMIMAH PROB  CARTER

WILLIAMS'  name  was  ALWAYS  spelled   JEMIMAH with an "h" at the end.  

 

The  STB children  of EDWARD &  JEMIMAH   PROB  CARTER  WILLIAMS  were:

DANIEL; JOSHUA; PENELOPE;  CALEB C.;  CASPER (no known  info on this

child); SUSANNAH and PROB  WINIFRED  "Winnie"  WILLIAMS...there may BE

more...if there are  they are unknown at  this time.   There is NO KNOWN

proof that SUSANNAH  WILLIAMS was born  at Fort Boonesborough....nor is

it KNOWN that she was the Susannah who m; Charles Kirby.

On Susannah to Charles Kirby it says by A.Eastin Bk. 1 page 33
Bourbon County.  

EDWARD & JEMIMAH  PROB CARTER WILLIAMS   were  religious dissenters

(BAPTISTS)  of modest  (financial) means...records show he was indigent

when  he got his  400 acre preemption  on Lulbegrud  (made improvements, raised corn,  qualified...paid no money) lived on Lulbegrud Creek,farmed there,  fought Indians there,  was an  RW  Patriot there,  raised his family there,  went to church there, was a  deacon in the  church there, drank a little too much there,  and died there  on  Lulbegrud Creek   in  Montgomery County KY  on  04 September 1804  (widely claimed but  the SOURCE is unknown at this time)  leaving  his widow JEMIMAH PROB CARTER  WILLIAMS  living on  the home plantation  in Montgomery County KY  with her son  CALEB C. WILLIAMS  & his family.   JEMIMAH eventually moved to Floyd County  KY  c1811  to  probably  live with another one of her children  and  died  in  PROB Morgan County KY,   a destitute  widow on the County dole.

 EDWARD WILLIAMS sold his father WILLIAM'S land in PW in 1771 (lease &

release). No record has been found as yet as to whether he bought

other land or had land in PW after that. EDWARD WILLIAMS came to

Boonesborough in 1779 (no OTHER year) with NICHOLAS ANDERSON & JOHN

HARPER (who else, if any, came with them is unknown at this time).

They obviously KNEW in PW about the Commonwealth's new land law

(an enticement to draw people to settle in the wilderness) concerning

the settlement of lands in Caintuck...any new settler could come in

& claim up to 400 acres of unclaimed land by making improvements

(clear it, chop it, build a hut or cabin, plant a corn crop, mark

it, indicate by their presence that they were going to live on it

for at least one year)...this land, the settlement or pre-emption,

was obtained for a cheap price and the settler could also

purchase up to 1,000 acres which must adjoin the 400 acre

settlement/pre-emption for a higher price. In June of the year 1779

a group of about 12 to 15 men, all living at Boonesborough and

including EDWARD, NICHOLAS & JOHN, went across the Caintuck River and

up the Lulbegrud for the purpose of finding unclaimed land for their

settlement/pre-emption claims. They brought tools and were prepared to

make improvements...which they did. Yaw'll all know that EDWARD

picked a spot across a branch from JOHN and south of NICHOLAS out

there on Lulbegrud where he cleared some land, built a cabin & fence

and planted some corn...THAT DAY. He marked this place with his

initials and the number 400 (his 400 acre settlement/preemption.

NICHOLAS & JOHN did likewise...when JOHN talked about this day he told

about EDWARD building his cabin and then he used "WE" when he was

asked if the way the land was to run or be laid out was

discussed...he said no, it wasn't...only that it was agreed that the

branch would be the dividing line between his & EDWARD'S land and

then, because the Commonwealth's land office had not yet been

opened in Boonesborough, he said, "...we did not know at that time

how we was to obtain the lands." WHEN the Commonwealth's land

office opened at Boonesborough I would imagine they were FIRST in

line to file their settlement/pre-emption claims. A commission

heard their claims & it was determined that they qualified...warrants

were issued for their pre-emptions, 400 acres each, on Lulbegrud (I

have posted these on group). There is NO evidence that EDWARD,

NICHOLAS or JOHN exercised their option to purchase the additional

1,000 acres adjoining their pre-emptions which they could have at

the same time for paying a higher price. As a matter of fact EDWARD

didn't even pay the "cheap" price for his 400 acre pre-emption as he

was said to be indigent (as were a lot of folks who struggled to get

to Caintuck for the land). SO, that's the first 400 acres that EDWARD

WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS ANDERSON & JOHN HARPER owned on

Lulbegrud....that's their settlement/pre-emption which had NOTHING to

do with service in the militia or the Continental line or the RW or as

participants in the Corn Compact at Boonesborough. This

settlement/pre-emption offer of 400 acres was made to EVERYONE who

would come to the wilderness & stay on the land for at least a year.

The corn planted on their pre-emptions on the NORTH side of the river

had nothing to do with the corn they helped grow on the SOUTH side of

the river. NOW, by the description of the land this 400 acres is

where EDWARD, JEMIMAH and children settled...the HOME PLANTATION was

located right THERE. You know, there's a map (c1804) in the

original records of the Fayette land depositions that shows on

p.814 the exact place where EDWARD, NICHOLAS & JOHN built their

cabins...I'm trying to remember who came in and swooped up those

records...a collection held where? I know it's been posted but I

don't, at this moment, remember where they're held...not Filson but

somewhere else...oh, well. I have the Fayette County Kentucky

Records Vol. 1 by the Cooks which covers this time period (it does

NOT contain the map).(LSH)

 

We KNOW by deed that EDWARD & JEMIMAH sold DANIEL 100 acres of this

400 acre settlement/pre-emption. We KNOW by the 1800 Tax List (deed

missing) that EDWARD & JEMIMAH gave/sold DUDLEY & PENELOPE 100 acres

of this pre-emption (by location of DUDLEY'S line & EDWARD'S line

described in a deed). We KNOW that EDWARD & JEMIMAH sold CALEB C.

112 acres of this settlement/pre-emption, the "home plantation," in

1803. EDWARD died 1804. We KNOW that JOHN ANDERSON got some small

part of this settlement/pre-emption.

EDWARD WILLIAMS arrival year in Caintuck is
documented by sworn testimony and is not disputed...by sworn
testimony he came to BOONESBOROUGH on the Caintuck River in 1779
(no other year) as did NICHOLAS ANDERSON & JOHN HARPER of Prince
William County VA.. They were all three documented in 1776 Dettingen
Parish Prince William County VA and all three documented in 1779 at
BOONESBOROUGH. EDWARD WILLIAMS of Lulbegrud built a cabin 1 1/2
miles below the Fort for his family (this WOULD be Lincoln County
VIRGINIA) on the SOUTH side of the river where they lived for ABT two
years before moving to the 400 acre preemption on Lulbegrud which
was in FAYETTE County, then CLARK County, then MONTGOMERY County.
To the best of my knowledge at this time (which, I say again, is
considerable...<BigGrin>...factoring how long I've studied these folks)
EDWARD WILLIAMS never owned any other land in Caintuck than the 1,287
acres on Lulbegrud Creek across from JOHN HARPER & next to
NICHOLAS ANDERSON. Nor was he one of those who was claimed NOT to
have brought his family to Caintuck until 1791 or so...sworn testimony
proves otherwise. ALL children of EDWARD & JEMIMAH WILLIAMS born
BEF 1776 were born in PROB Prince William County VA...DANIEL b. 1763,
(Probably) WINIFRED b. c1768, PENELOPE b. c1774, JOSHUA b.
c1775...there is NO information on the claimed CASPER and NO
information on SUSANNAH except she was still alive & unmarried in
Montgomery County KY in 1803 and she didn't marry Charles Kirby.
CALEB C. WILLIAMS, by his Bible record, was b. 1782 PROB
Boonesborough Lincoln County VIRGINIA in the cabin on the south
side of the river. This is not to be taken as an all inclusive
list (I think EDWARD probably named a child WILLIAM who may not
have survived...also maybe one named EDWARD). The ONLY list of EDWARD
& JEMIMAH'S children was given by descendants of CALEB C. WILLIAMS
in a partially flawed Missouri bio long after CALEB was
deceased...WINIFRED was NOT onn this list but I feel most strongly
that SHE belonged there more than CASPER...in fact, most of the time,
I believe SHE was "Casper."

The route that EDWARD, NICHOLAS & JOHN took to get to CAINTUCK in
1779 or WHO was with them, if anyone else, has NOT yet been revealed.
Mr. McKee, the most noted & quoted researcher of the DANIEL WILLIAMS
family, believed & wrote that DANIEL'S father was EDWARD of NC who
came to Caintuck with Daniel Boone from the Watauga Settlements.
DANIEL'S headstone says he, Daniel, came in 1775 with Daniel Boone.
The FACTS do not SUPPORT either claim. Mr. McKee did not KNOW who
EDWARD WILLIAMS was nor did he place him correctly with NICHOLAS
& JOHN in Dettingen Parish Prince William County VA. EDWARD WILLIAMS
b. c1738 PROB Westmoreland County VA was the orphan son of WILLIAM
WILLIAMS of Westmoreland. He grew up in Prince William County VA under
the guardianship of JOHN ANDERSON. He met & married JEMIMAH PROB
CARTER in Prince William County VA. He had his children Daniel,
(Probably) Winifred, Penelope & Joshua in Prince William County VA
(not knowing birth years for Casper & Susannah). He was in Prince
William County VA in 1776. He was at Boonesborough in 1779...son
Caleb b. 1782 Boonesborough.

To the best of my knowledge EDWARD WILLIAMS b. c1738 PROB
Westmoreland County VA s/o WILLIAM of Westmoreland was not connected
to John Williams of NC. EDWARD'S mother has not yet been identified
(...hope springs eternal...). EDWARD had KNOWN sisters ELIZABETH &
SUSANNAH...EDWARD also named a daughter SUSANNAH. EDWARD had uncles
EDWARD & JOSHUA...HE is named Edward and he named a son JOSHUA.
EDWARD had an aunt named ANN who married Richard Hazelrigg. These
folks were ALL from Westmoreland & Prince William Counties VA...some
of the RICHARD & ANN WILLIAMS HAZELRIGG descendants also migrated to
KENTUCKY.

Children of WINIFRED WILLIAMS and JOSHUA BARTLETT are:

                   i.       JOSEPH6 BARTLETT, b. 1796, Boonesboro, Clark, Kentucky, USA; d. 14 Mar 1876, Dumas, Tippah, Mississippi, USA.

                  ii.       REBECCA BARTLETT, b. 1800, Cumberland, Kentucky, USA; d. 1908.

                 iii.       PENELOPE BARTLETT, b. 1801, Wayne, Tennessee, USA; d. 1841.

                 iv.       PERDINE BARTLETT, b. 1802, Wayne, KY, Kentucky, USA; d. 1839.

                  v.       DANIEL BARTLETT, b. 28 Sep 1803, Wayne, Kentucky, USA; d. 02 Apr 1892, Harrison, Missouri, USA.

                 vi.       DORCUS BARTLETT, b. 1805, Wayne, Kentucky, USA; d. Jun 1823, White, Tennessee, USA.

                vii.       NATHAN BARTLETT, b. 1806, Wayne, Kentucky, USA; d. 30 Sep 1841, Tippah, Mississippi, USA.

               viii.       EDITH BARTLETT, b. 1808, Jackson, Tennessee, USA; d. 1840.

                  ix.       NANCY BARTLETT, b. 1810, Jackson, Tennessee, USA; d. 1918.

                   x.       HESTER BARTLETT, b. 07 May 1812, White, Tennessee, USA; d. 26 Dec 1889, Putnam, Tennessee, USA.

 

 

 

Book: Boonesborough: It's founding... by George Ranck

posted by Dani Lee


 p. 107-108: "Squire Boone, who had recovered from the wound in his
shoulder, set out with a little company and established his station
on Clear Creek, near the present town of Shelbyville. Urged by their
necessities and encouraged by a prospect of at least temporary
immunity from invasion, the settlers about Boonessborough made
unusual efforts to clear and cultivate the land, devoting by far the
greatest part to corn. The crops, as often before, were in many
cases made by companies organized for the purpose. A contract was
signed, directors elected and the members appeared every morning at
the sound of a conch or beat of a drum, some to work in the field
and others to guard those who did work. A member failing to comply
with the contract forfeited his claim to the crop. A list of the
members of one of these companies is preserved."
"The list includes Benjamin White, Jesse Peake, James Anthony,
Nathaniel Hart, John Cartwright, Robert Cartwright, George Maddern,
Nicholas Anderson, John Harper, Peter Harper, William Johnson,
Whitson George, Edward Hall, John Kelley, Edward Williams and Jesse
Oldham" ( U. S. Historic Register).

p. 109: "Education was not forgotten...pioneers children were at
their lessons in a log cabin of Boonesborough fort, ...conducted by
Joseph Doniphan. The young teacher had come out only a few months
before from Stafford County, Virginia from whence other
Boonesborough settlers had migrated..."

p. 37: "Luttrell's house was in the corner to the right of the front
gate...subsequently inhabited by John Williams the Company's Agent."
My other notes indicate this John Williams is from North Carolina
and was hired as agent by the Transylvania company. It also notes
John Williams was the uncle of Judge Henderson and they had come
from Granville Co., North Carolina. John Williams left
the "company" and returned to North Carolina in 1776 was elected a
judge there in 1777 and went on to congress. He died in 1799.
 

 

In 1795 Daniel Williams and wife Violet sell
land that Daniel Williams got from Edward William's 400 acre pre-
emption (Clark County deed in picture folder). In 1787 Fayette
County Tithable tax list is Ambrose Coffee shown with an additional
tithable named Francis Crouch. This must be the Francis Crouch that
was married to Hannah Hatton and/or Jenny Sparks in Clark County,
which would make him born circa 1765. This would place him as the
right age to be Violet's brother. According to what I have been
able to dig up online, Ambrose Coffee was born 1755 in Dublin,
Ireland. He came to America at the age of 12, and came to Fort
Boonesborough no later than 1777 and possibly by 1776. I have read
that he married after coming to Fort Boonesborough, but don't have a
marriage record, so I don't know if that is true. On Ancestry.com
Ambrose's wife's name is listed as Ailsey (might not have that
spelled correctly). Is it possible that Ailsey and Francis Crouch
are related to Violet, maybe even brother and sister? This might be
a wild stretch, and hope this is only used for research purposes,
because there really is only room for speculation without some more
evidence. For all you that have parents for Violet, does she have
listed a brother Francis or sister Ailsey? There could have been a
close connection somehow to Ambrose Coffee for Daniel Williams to
have sold part of his father's pre-emption to Ambrose. Edward and
Daniel saw hard times gaining this land, so I don't think they would
have parted with it lightly.

 

In the early 1790s (one record says 1793) Daniel Williams, Thomas Ammons, and
Andy Trimble organized Lulbegrud Church in Montgomery County, KY and named it
for the nearby creek, which was itself named for the creek in Jonathan
Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Lulbegrud Creek is now the boundary between
Clark and Powell Counties, Kentucky. The church is located on the Clark
County side of the creek. The church is now gone and the site is unmarked.

Daniel's father, Edward, was a Deacon in the Lulbegrud Church. Daniel
Williams was appointed in 1794 as one of the three church messengers to the
South Kentucky Association on Gilbert's Creek; in 1799, he was named Pastor
of Lulbegrud Church.

Daniel Williams appeared on the Montgomery County, Kentucky tax list, Aug 22,
1800 as did his father, Edward. Daniel and Violet moved to the Prestonsburg
District (per Wardie Craft), then to Smith Creek in eastern Morgan County
where his house still exists on Route 437.

Daniel organized the South Fork Baptist Church (Burning Springs Association)
in Malone, Morgan County, in 1807 or 1808, and is said to have established 10
other churches in eastern Kentucky. In later years, he and Violet moved to
Caney, Morgan County, where they built a house of cannel coal, which Daniel
considered to be a beautiful stone. The house, however, later burned. The
history of Menifee County says that only the chimney was made of cannel coal
and when Daniel lit the first fire in the fireplace, the black stones caught
fire and burned the house down.

Daniel continued as minister at Caney, performing more than 100 marriages in
the area. He often preached beneath a tall oak tree on the side of the
mountain overlooking Caney Valley. The tree still stands. It is related
that on preaching day, Daniel would stand on the hillside near the tree and
blow a horn whose blasts could be heard up and down the valley. It was at
this spot that he and Violet were buried. Daniel's grave marker,
supplemented in 1955 by a DAR marker is inscribed "Elder Daniel Williams,
Died July 31, 1820, age 57 y. 4 mo. The Dec'd imigrated to Ky, May 1775 and
served as pastor of various churches of United Baptist during his life."

 

"Lulbegrud Church was located on the banks of Lulbegrud Creek in
Montgomery County, Kentucky...the church was constituted on the
third Saturday in March, 1793....Elders Thomas Ammon and Andrew
Tribble, of South Kentucky Association assisted in the
constituation of this church.

In March, 1794, John Summers and John Allen were chosen elders.
At the same meeting Martin Dewitt and EDWARD WILLIAMS were elected
deacons. And the following August they elected Elijah Summers,
DANIEL WILLIAMS, John Treadway and Anthony Griffin as messengers
to the South Kentucky Association, which was to meet at
Gilbert's Creek.

The church had no regular pastor for several years after their
constitution, but presumably they had some preaching...the records
do not state by whom. TRADITION (emphasis supplied...LSH) says
that DANIEL WILLIAMS preached for them during this period. In
July 1799 we find the first record of the church having extended
a call to a preacher, when ELDER DANIEL WILLIAMS was tendered
the pastorate. From the following entry in the church book, in
June 1800, 'the church proposed to call on BROTHER WILLIAMS to
know the cause why he neglected to attend this church.' It
would seem that he never accepted the call. It appears that their
first pastor was that eminent man of God, Moses Bledso, who
preached for them for several years." End quote. SOURCE:
LULBEGRUD CHURCH by S. J. Conwright, History of the Churches of
the Boone's Creek Baptist Association, 1923, pp.69-75.


Daniel Williams appeared on the Montgomery County, Kentucky tax list, Aug 22,
1800 as did his father, Edward. Daniel and Violet moved to the Prestonsburg
District (per Wardie Craft), then to Smith Creek in eastern Morgan Countywhere his house still exists on Route 437.

Daniel Williams is supposed to have been born at the headwaters of the
Potomac River in Virginia or Pennsylvania, the son of Edward Williams and adescendant of Roger Williams of Philadelphia. (Note: The Pennsylvania Historical Society reports Roger Williams left no male descendants.) Somerecords say Daniel and his father, Edward, probably with other members of the family, came down the Ohio River to the Falls (G.S. says May 1775), then to Harrodsburg; from there to Fort Boonesborough. Mr. McKee says the familycame directly to Ft. Boonesborough from the Watauga Settlements in North
Carolina on Boone's second trip to Kentucky about 1779.

It is also told that while living at Ft. Boonesborough, Daniel fought in the Battle of Blue Licks,"the last battle of the American Revolution". The battle, on August 19,1782, was between Kentucky frontiersman, including Daniel Boone, whose son Israel was killed in the battle, and a marauding band of Tory and Shawnee
raiders led by the renegade Simon Girty. Daniel Williams was not at the Battle of the Blue Licks, his name is not on the Memorial for those who were.

 

 

Daniel Williams and Violet Crouch
were married by Squire Boone at Boonesborough six years later (1788).
 

As to  DANIEL & VIOLET COUCH  WILLIAMS' children...I don't have ELIJAH

WILLIAMS  m. ELIZABETH PRATER  as a  child of DANIEL  & VIOLET.  Could

be...I just don't have  that.   Is there any proof that you know of? 

 

Daniel & Violet's  STB son ISAAC WILLIAMS m. 25  April 1820   ELIZABETH

"Betsy" LYKINS  (you're right...she was not Elizabeth  Prater).

 

The  BTB  sons  of  Daniel & Violet are:   JOHN T; THORNTON;  ISAAC;

CALEB;  Jas. JEREMIAH V.   The KNOWN  daughters of Daniel & Violet  are:

NANCY;  ELIZABETH "Betsy" ;  EDITH, "Edy" ;  WINIFRED "Winnie."   The

STB daughters of Daniel & Violet are:  FRANCES  "Frankie"  and   MARY

"Polly."

There is at least one more  male child, unidentified at this  time.

Past claims have been  made for a JOSHUA s/o Daniel &  a DANIEL s/o

Daniel...it's a work in progress.

 

 

               

 

1850 MORGAN County KY US Census
WILLIAMS, CALEB Head 40 M Farmer KY.
WILLIAMS, Malinda (sic) (DAVIS) Wife 40 F Keeps House KY.
WILLIAMS, David Son 13 M KY.
WILLIAMS, Isaac Son 10 M KY.
WILLIAMS, Perlina Dau 8 F KY.
WILLIAMS, DANIEL (ALLEN) Son 6 M KY.
WILLIAMS, James Son 4 M KY.

NOTES: CALEB WILLIAMS is surveyed in Old Caney Cemetery Morgan
County KY.

Caleb Williams
12 September 1809
07 October 1865 (s/o Daniel s/o Edward).

Malinda (Davis) Williams
12 September 1807
14 July 1887 (w/o Caleb).

Also surveyed in Old Caney was: PRUDENCE (Prater) DeBORDE (sic) b.
23 October 1852 - d. _____(wife of D. M. DeBorde (sic).

CARRY (sic [AKA Cary AKA Carrie]) A. (Prater) WILLIAMS b. 12
Sept 1809 d. 07 Oct 1865 (wife of Daniel Allen Williams).

JOSEPH D(AVIS) WILLIAMS b. 09 Jun 1840 d. 05 Aug 1895 (husband of
Sylvinia Prater).

Daniel Allen & (2) Sylvinia Prater Williams WILLIAMS are not
surveyed in Old Caney Cemetery.

(Elder) Daniel Williams
31 Mar 1763
31 Jul 1820
DAR Marker - KY Pvt Battle of Blue Licks - RS.

Violet (STB Crouch) Williams
______
10 June 1830 (wid/o Daniel).

SOURCE: Old Caney Cemetery - Compiled by Wardie Craft. Edited: Diana
Trimble Crace. Morgan County Public Library West Liberty KY.

 

 

 


Daniel organized the South Fork Baptist Church (Burning Springs Association)
in Malone, Mor
gan County, in 1807 or 1808, and is said to have established 10
other churches in eastern Kentucky. In later years, he and Violet moved to
Caney, Morgan County, where they built a house of cannel coal, which Daniel
considered to be a beautiful stone. The house, however, later burned. The
history of Menifee County says that only the chimney was made of cannel coal
and when Daniel lit the first fire in the fireplace, the black stones caught
fire and burned the house down.

Daniel continued as minister at Caney, performing more than 100 marriages in
the area. He often preached beneath a tall oak tree on the side of the
mountain overlooking Caney Valley. The tree still stands. It is related
that on preaching day, Daniel would stand on the hillside near the tree and
blow a horn whose blasts could be heard up and down the valley. It was at
this spot that he and Violet were buried. Daniel's grave marker,
supplemented in 1955 by a DAR marker is inscribed "Elder Daniel Williams,
Died July 31, 1820, age 57 y. 4 mo. The Dec'd imigrated to Ky, May 1775 and
served as pastor of various churches of United Baptist during his life."

 

 

 

(REBECCA) VIOLET COUCH WILLIAMS headstone records her given name
as VILOT (sic [Violet]). Her surname WAS Couch. LSH

 

 

"Lulbegrud Church was located on the banks of Lulbegrud Creek in
Montgomery County, Kentucky...the church was constituted on the
third Saturday in March, 1793....Elders Thomas Ammon and Andrew
Tribble, of South Kentucky Association assisted in the
constituation of this church.

In March, 1794, John Summers and John Allen were chosen elders.
At the same meeting Martin Dewitt and EDWARD WILLIAMS were elected
deacons. And the following August they elected Elijah Summers,
DANIEL WILLIAMS, John Treadway and Anthony Griffin as messengers
to the South Kentucky Association, which was to meet at
Gilbert's Creek.

The church had no regular pastor for seveal years after their
constitution, but presumably they had some preaching...the records
do not state by whom. TRADITION (emphasis supplied...LSH) says
that DANIEL WILLIAMS preached for them during this period. In
July 1799 we find the first record of the church having extended
a call to a preacher, when ELDER DANIEL WILLIAMS was tendered
the pastorate. From the following entry in the church book, in
June 1800, 'the church proposed to call on BROTHER WILLIAMS to
know the cause why he nelected to attend this church.' It
would seem that he never accepted the call. It appears that their
first pastor was that eminent man of God, Moses Bledso, who
preached for them for several years." End quote. SOURCE:
LULBEGRUD CHURCH by S. J. Conwright, History of the Churches of
the Boone's Creek Baptist Association, 1923, pp.69-75.

I have NO PAPER that SAYS SPECIFICALLY that J. V. & Jane Davis
Williams HAD a son named CALEB WILLIAMS. Perhaps there is a
descendant (unknown to me) that does have proof and perhaps others
do KNOW that Caleb was the first child born to J. V. & Jane
Davis Williams. While I am an "old" (years & experience)
researcher, I am somewhat new to THIS family research. I do,
however, based on the censuses and reasonable assumption, claim
that they DID have a son named CALEB WILLIAMS.

In 1830 18-year-old Vardamin (sic) Williams b. 11 November 1811
Floyd County KY is enumerated in Morgan County KY with a wife
(m. 12 February 1829 Jane Davis in Morgan County KY) and a male
child under five. I believe this male child under five was
CALEB WILLIAMS b. ___April 1830.

I have NOT yet found the 1840 census for J.V. Williams
Household. I THOUGHT I had him in Morgan County (line-by-line)
but the page is ink-smudged and over-written in dark ink...I
can only read Williams...no first name but looks like initials
"___" "W." ...really can't tell...BUT two houses down from J.
V. Williams' brother Caleb (m. Malinda Davis) Williams. I DON'T
think it's J. V. & Jane Davis Williams because J. V. & Jane
had at least four more children between 1830 and 1840 (for a
total of five at THAT time) who should be on 1840 census. The
smudged household has a couple with one baby girl under 5.

The 1850 Breathitt County KY Jas. WILLIAMS household census
is well known...by COPES, BUFFINGTONS and some WILLIAMSES who
have researched (Jas.) Jeremiah Vardeman Williams. Household
#180 enumerates the Jas. (Jeremiah) V. Williams & (2) Mrs. Jane
McGuire Buffington combined family. The first person enumerated
is CALEB WILLIAMS age 20 and his wife NANCY (BUFFINGTON) age
15. It is written that Nancy Buffington was the d/o Abdale &
Jane McGuire Buffington. I have NO marriage record for Caleb &
Nancy Buffington Williams.

1860 Magoffin County KY US Census
HH474/474
WILLIAMS, Caleb 30 M Farming KY.
WILLIAMS, Nancy (Buffington) 24 F KY.
WILLIAMS, JEREMIAH 8 M KY.
WILLIAMS, James H. 1 M KY.
PRATER, John 19 M Farm Labor KY.
PRATER, Perlina 18 F KY.
PRATER, Eliza A. 1/12 F KY.

NOTES: I have not personally researched the connection between
the BUFFINGTON family and the PRATER family but earlier censuses
show that there WAS one.

1870 Breathitt County KY US Census
HH3
WILLIAMS, Caleb 40 M W Farm Labor KY.
WILLIAMS, Nancy (Buffington) 35 F W Keeping House KY.
WILLIAMS, James 14 (sic [James would have been 11]) M W Farm
Labor KY.
WILLIAMS, John 9 M W At School KY.
WILLIAMS, Ailcey (Wonder if she was "Elsie?") 6 F W At
School KY.
WILLIAMS, Wiley 2 M W KY.

NOTES: Jeremiah would have been 18 years old in 1870. He is
not enumerated here nor does his name come up in a KY
state-wide Index search. I don't know (it would be a very
slim possibility) if he was in the War (1861-65) at a very
young age or not/ possibly died....just seems like he would have
been way too young. NEVERTHELESS, he doesn't show up anywhere
else after the 1860 census.
1880 Breathitt County KY US Census Jackson & Frozen
HH89
WILLIAMS, Caleb Self 50 M W M Farm Laborer KY KY KY.
WILLIAMS, Nancy (Buffington) Wife 44 F W M Keeping House KY VA
KY. WILLIAMS, Rebecca E. Dau 16 F F W S At Home KY KY KY.
WILLIAMS, Samuel T. W. Son M W S 12 KY KY KY.
WILLIAMS, John H. Son 18 M W M Farm Labor KY KY KY.
WILLIAMS, Emoline ( - ) Daughter-In-Law 18 F W M KY KY KY.

No 1890 census.

1900 Breathitt CO KY US Census
District 1
Jackson
HH346
WILLIAMS, Caleb Head 70 W M ___Apr 1830 Married 49 years KY
KY KY.
WILLIAMS, Nancie (sic [Nancy Buffington]) Wife 64 W F ___August
1835 Married 49 years Had 9 children 3 living KY KY KY.

NOTES: The 1900 Williams census is a VERY difficult Household
to find/read. It doesn't come up on the Index search...we found
them line-by-line. The enumerator wrote all over Caleb & Nancy
and then it smeared. It was a big help that we KNEW who
they were.

MORE NOTES: I don't have a death record for Caleb or Nancy.

It would be very helpful if folks would keep in mind that
Jeremiah V. Williams who married Jane Davis AND Caleb Williams
who married Malinda Davis were BROTHERS...STB sons of Daniel &
Rebecca Violet Couch/Crouch Williams. Caleb Williams who married
Nancy Buffington was the s/o Jeremiah V. & Jane Davis
Williams. I have found some people have this really confused.

SO, the first child of Jeremiah V. & Jane Davis Williams was
CALEB WILLIAMS b. ___April 1830 m. c1850 NANCY BUFFINGTON b.
___August 1835. Caleb & Nancy had 9 children with these 5 known
from censuses: Jeremiah b. c1852; James H. b. c1859; John H. b.
c1861; Rebecca E(lsie) b. c1864; Samuel T. Wiley b. c1868.

 

ANNALS OF FLOYD COUNTY, KENTUCKY

Bond dated 16, June 1813 by John Ferguson and William Ferguson Bond dated 6, March 1813

for a marriage shortly to be had between John Ferguson and Elizabeth Williams.

June the 9th day.

To Wm. J. Mayo, Sir, This is to certify that wheras John Ferguson and Elizabeth Williams

is about to git married, that I, Daniel Williams, the

father of said Elizabeth Williams has no objections Bond dated 4, Feb. 1813.

  

#5 Vilate (sic) Williams

List of names taken from depositions given in Richmond, Kentucky, 1801, 1806,

1807, 1808, 1811, 1814 by pioneers at Boonesborough (date opposite names

indicates time they reached Boonesborough, according to deposition): James

Anderson: Thos. Allen (Surveyor Mercer Co.); Daniel Boone, 1775; Anthony Bleasco

(Surveyor): James Berry (Apr. 1779); Wm. Benton; George Boone; Wm. Bush (March

1775); Joseph Barnett; James Bridges; James Bryant (Before 1778); Edward Baxter

(Col.); John Boyle (1775); Moses Bledsoe; George Bedinger; Squire Boone; Green

Clay (Surveyor, Fall of 1780); Robert Caldwell; John Callaway; Wm. Cradlebaugh

(to Ky., 1768-1775); Wm. Cooper; John Crooke (Surveyor); David Crews; Elijah

Crews; Jacob Coons; Wm. Calk; Thos. Collins; John Colefoot; Lewis Craig; David

Cook; John Constant; Samuel Duree; John Durbin; John Doniphan; Samuel Davis; Wm.

Dryden; Samuel Estill (1779); James Estill (Capt. 1775); Talton Embry; Sally

Estill (Born at Ft. Boonesborough, Oct. 19, 1782); Boudee Estill; Ben Estill;

Richard Epperson (1776); Joseph Fowler; Robert Fleming; John Farrar, 1775

(Farrons); James Finley; (Mr.) Wm. Fall (Surveyor); Higgason Grubbs (Capt.)

1778; James Gates, 1776;*David Gass (Guess, Gist); Samuel Gilbert; Martin

Gentry; Peter Guerrant; Jesse Hodges (Surveyor, Oct. 1777 to 1786); Wm. Irvine;

David C. Irvine; John Kennedy (killed fall of 1780); Wm. Kavanaugh; Charles

Kavanaugh (son of Wm.); Joseph Kennedy, 1776; Thos. Lanham; David Lynch

(Surveyor Dec. 24, 1779); Samuel Logan; Abraham Lewis; Lawrence Long; Thos.

McQuean; Jesse Morris; (Miss) Jacob Myers; Wm. Miller; Wm. Mays; Thos. Mosely;

Thos. Miller; Ralph Morgan; Wm. Martin; Wm. Morgan; Nicholas Meriwether;

Neichael Overstreet; Tyree Oldham; John Peak, 1781; Thos. Phelps; Josiah Phelps,

1776 (Son of Thos.); John Pitman; Reuben Proctor; Joseph Proctor (1778);

Nicholas Proctor (Capt. 1778); Rachel Proctor (Widow of Capt. James Estill.

Nicholas Proctor her second husband); James Proctor; Yelverton Peyton, 1780;

James Russel (Before 1778); Robert Rhodes; James Reed; Joseph Rice; George

Robinson; Samuel Rice; Dudley Stone; Richard Searcy; John Snoddy (1775); Asa

Searcy; (Gen.) John South; Samuel Snoddy; Michael Sherley; Michael Stoner

(Surveyor and Hunter, 1775); Thos. Swearingen; Benoni Swearingen; John Tanner

(Turner); Hale Talbott; Peter Taylor, 1780; Lawrence Thompson (1780); James

Thompson; John Taylor (Baptist Preacher); Oswald Townsend (Surveyor 1775);

(Capt.) Thomas Twitty; Joshua Townsend; Wm. Turpin; Solomon Turpin; David V.

Walker; Joel Walker; Aquilla White (April 1779); (Capt.) John Whitaker; William

Williams; Wyate Wilkerson; Richard Wells; Thos. Warren; Archibald Woo--(the last

two letters did not copy); (Capt.) Dec. 1781; Adam Woods (135 names mentioned in

deposition.)

In the Name of God amen the 26th day of January 1733/4: I Edward Williams of the County of Westmoreland and parish of Copeley being very sick and weak of  body but of perfect mind and memory thanks be Given unto God therefore calling unto ___ mind the mortallity of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I doe here make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament  ___ is ______[crossed out word?] principally and first of all Give and Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that Gave it and my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at the discretion of my Executors not doubting but at this Generall Reserection I shall Receive the same again by the Mighty power of God and as ____ing such Worldly goods wherewith it hath been pleased Gleased God to bless me with in this Life I Give [amiss?] and dispose of the same in following manner and form In primis my will is that my due debts be first paid and the Remaining part of my Estate I give and? Followeth Item I Give and Bequeath unto my Brother William Williams one gun which he hath now in his ________ Item I Give and Bequeath unto my nephew Elizabeth Williams daughter of Joshua Williams one cow and ?? 4 at the day of her ___ marriage Item I give and Bequeath unto my Loving wife Sarrah all my movable Estate which Have not already ________ of during her Life and after her Death __ shalt of it to be Equally devided [sic] Between my nephew Elizabeth Williams Daughter of William Williams and my nephew Frances Haselrig Daughter of Richard Haselrig To them and their heires for Ever Item I do hereby Constitute and ordain my Loveing wife Sarrah Williams my whole Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament whereunto I have set my hand the day and year above writen.

                                                                                                     His

James Hardwicke                                                        Edward    X    Williams

The mark R of Richard _____day                                              Mark

Richard Hazelrigg

 

Westmoreland __------At a Court held for the said County the 28th day of May 1734  ---

This Last Will and Testament of Edward Williams dec’d was Presented into Court by Sarrah his Relict and Executrix who made oath thereto and being proved by the oath of this witnesses thereto is admitted to Record-----------------

Recorded the 5th day of June 1734------------

 

Marriage bond of Winifred Williams/John Ahearn