This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/5d.2ADE/210.1 Message Board Post: I found a Drury Williams getting a permit "to pass through the Cherokee Nation on way to Jackson Co., GA, 13 July 1802". It's posted on one of the Cherokee Sites. Hope this helps. Since my maiden name is Williams, I notice all of them and there are sure lots of them.....ha ha.