I have received some information that may help ALL of us on how the Williams family may have migrated to Kentucky. The fact that I am related to the Williams family by James's son Jesse Williams and Jesse's sister (Mary Polly") as I am sure most of you know married Gillison Price. Well Jesse Williams son of James was born in South Carolina, this is stated by him in both the 1850 and 1860 census's of Wayne County Illinois where he lived. I have contacted a person in the Price family that gave me a letter written in 1908, about the history of the Price family. The Price's migrated from South Carolina > North Carolina > Kentucky. Many of the grandchildren of James were named after children in the Joseph Price family, this makes me think these families were very close, and not just because one of the Price's married the Williams's. I believe the Williams family most likely migrated with the family of Joseph Price. This letter also states a child born to Mary and Gillison Price that was named after Warren Williams, Jesse and Mary s brother. Below is a copy of the letter received by me today. It's taken me all day to get this onto the computer or I would have sent this sooner. I have copied it word for word. History of Price Family Written for Mrs. Emma Borah Holman by her Uncle Van R. Price January 27,1908 Your great great grandparents, Prices, came from Wales before the War of the Revolution; they settled in South Carolina. Their names, that is, their given names I do not know. The husband died before the war, the great great grandmother being left a widow with 2 sons, the elder one's name I do not know, the younger one, your great grandfather's Price's name was Joseph. Both of the sons were in the Revolutionary War. The elder one was weakly, the younger, stronger, but not old enough to be a soldier. But as the older one was taken, the younger one being the stronger, but the mother had him go along to see that his brother was taken care of. But afterwards they were put in different commands as military rules of dispositions are not always according to the wishes of their friends, hence, these brothers lost trace of each other, and the older one never returned. What because of him was never known by his mother or his brother. Joseph lived through the war and married a woman whose name was Gillison, a cousin of John Gillison, the father of Hull Gilison, Dicy Files, Mrs. Frank George, and several other daughters. When Joseph Price's mother died I do not know. To Joseph Price was born to him by his Gillison wife, three daughters and three sons, Nancy, Betty (Elizabeth), and Esther and Thompson, Gillison and Larkin. From South Carolina they family moved to North Carolina, and not long afterwards to Kentucky, and then later to Indiana. I do not know how the rotation of the family was, I think Thompson was the oldest son. He married and I do not know how many children he had or what his wife's name was, not when he or she died, but they both died new Mt. Vernon, Indiana, in Posey County. They, I know, had one daughter whom they called Patsy, and she amrried a man by the name of Lewis, who has been dead for many years. Aunt Patsey died only a few years ago. I do not remember ever seeing her, and why I do not know, but some way or other, I have never heard my parents speak of her. Nancy was, I think, the oldest daughter. She married Maxey Jolly in North or South Carolina, came with the rest of the family to Indiana, and settled on what is Stewartsville, a farm where they both died and were buried. The farm still belongs to some of them, or part of it does. I was in the cemetery last October. It is the family burying ground and is fenced with solid asphalt wall about four feet high with an iron gate and is nicely kept. I think that every grave is marked with a marble slab. Aunt Nancy and Uncle Maxey had a large family; sons Maxey, Jobe, John, Robert, and William and maybe another or so; daughters, Betsy Ann, Jane, Eliza Ann and Nancy. Betsy Ann married Robert Allen first, who died young, then she married Henry Funsten. They are both dead. Betsy Ann had by her first husband, one son, named William, who was an M.D. He is living in the West but it is not known just where by his people. I think I was mistaken about there being a Robert Jolly as stated. Robert Allen was Betsy Ann's husband. William Jolly was married and had quite a family, but he and wife have been dead for a long time and of his decendents I know nothing. Betsy kept house for Jobe and John in Logan County, where she found her second husband, Funsten. Jane, and Eliza Ann, the youngest of the family, both married Cales, of whom you know something. James C. Cale the husband of Jane, died of Cancer of the head, similar to what your father had. Jane is in her 85th year, has 3 children, 2 daughters and a son. One of the daughters married a Davis, the other a Redman. Mrs. Davis is a grandmother and as nice a looking lady as we generally see. She looks about 25, but I think she is over 50. Mrs. Redman, I didn't see when I was to visit then last October. Jane's sons name was Oscar, but I did not get to see any of his family but him. They only live about 1/4th of a mile from his mother who lives alone, or has a hired woman living with her. Eliza Ann married Joseph Cale who has been dead several years. She lives or stays with her daughter, America Young, who is also a widow. They live in Poseyville. Eliza has one son and this daughter. Her son, Ellison, is married and lives on her farm 2 miles east of Jane Cale, has a wonderful fine house and barn, as good as new and together cost some $25,000. They are all rich, both parents and children. Jane is in her 85th year and Eliza in her 81st. Jane is spry as a girl and Eliza is feeble and nearly blind. Nancy Jolly married Gaston Allen and was Ann Cox's mother. Mrs. Cox is all that is left unless her brother, John, is living which they did not know when I last talked to them. America Young, Eliza's only daughter has 2 daughters. Wanena was in the State University when I was there. One daughter, Ethel, 17, is at home and in high school. America's husband first married on of Jane's daughters. She died, then he married her cousin. He had one son by his first wife. He lived with his grandparents after his mother's death. He lived to manhood but died some 3 years ago. Betsy Price married Mr. Taylor of whom I do not know anything. Esther Price married Mr. Vandeveer to whom was born Thompson Price Vandeveer. Elizabeth Jane Vandeveer first married Joseph West, brother of Mrs. W.N. Borah and Mary Price. They had one son, Joseph West. He died then she married Benjamin Harris. They had one daughter and three sons. The daughter married Mr. Brisenden of Clay City, both living there yet. One son, Roland is living in Kansas and is an M.D., one named Luther not married, a morphine eater, and one son went to Texas. Where he and Luther are, I do not know. Mr. Harris lies in Locust Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Harris is in a cemertery near Clay City. Nancy Jane Vandeveer, Esther Jane Vandeveer, Sarah Jane Vandeveer, Jas. Larkin Vandeveer, of whom Thomason P., Larkin, and Ira Wayne are dead. Thompson Price was married 3 times, first Harriet Shannon, sister of your Uncle William Shannon, and second, a Miss Sloat, who did not live long; third, a sister of Dr. Wilson's wife, who lived in Flora. They had 2 children, Maggie and Luke. The latter lives in New Mexico, I believe Maggie is in Flora. Maggie died several years ago. I believe Thompson died about 1 year ago in the asylum at Anna, Illinois. James Larkin Vandeveer married Uncle Sam Borah's Mary, who where parents of W.B. Heidinger's wife and Mrs. Warren Allison. One son, Wayne died about 12 or 13 years ago. You probably know the Heidinger children, George, the Baptist Preacher, James, in law school, Will, tge school teacher in Washington. Katie married Sol Ray and Mary married Charlie Long. Both have large families. J.W. Vandeever get into a fuss with a man by the name of Orr in Massilon about 55 years ago and killed him. He stood trial and came clear. In 1858 or 1859, he went West and is still living at Elks Point, South Dakota. He is about my age. Charles Harris Vandeveer married a Miss Barnhill of Flora. They had 5 or 6 children. He went to Oklahoma. He was in the army with me. Wayne died when he was a young man. Esther Jane married a James Crews, son of Matther Crews, and Nancy Jane married an older brother of his, Andrew Crews. The latter was the father of S.F. Crews, James Crews, and Esther Sharp. S.F. and Lewis live in Chicago. C.G. lives in Culberton, Nebraska. Esther Jane married for her socond husband Elnathan Price, her and my cousin who died 40 years ago or there about. Esther died in Washington some years ago. Sarah Jane Vandeveer married Elihu Neighbor about 42 years ago. Some years after that they went to Nebraska where Sarah Jane died, leaving a husband, 3 sons and one daughter. The daughter and 2 sons are dead. Mr. Neighbor remarried and is now living in Ogden, Utah. Uncle James Vandeveer remarried Nancy Beach Blakly Crews, oldest daughter of James Matthew Crews, father of Andrew and James Crews, husband of Nancy Jane and Esther Crews. They have 4 sons living, Rev. Albert, John W., George W. and Matthew Edwin; Albert belongs to Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Church. This year his work is in Friendsville in the Olney Illinois District. He is a good Christian man. John married Mr. A. F. Nesbot's daughter of whom you have heard. John has left the country and we have not heard from him for some 3 years. Edwin lives in Oklahoma; George lives in this neighborhood. He has a wife whose maiden name is Mills. They have one son, Clyde, and 2 daughters, both married and have families. Gillison Price, my father's brother (note- his father was Larkin Price), married a Kentucky lady by the name of Mary Williams about the time my father was married. They both settled in about a half mile of each other, in Posey County, Indiana. In 1837 or 1838 they moved to Wayne County, and settled on adjoining farms. Uncle Gillison's youngest daughter lives on their farm yet and I own my father's farm. Uncle Gillison and Aunt Polly, as she is known by all of us, were the parents of Ira James, James L., Louisa, Joseph W., Elnathan, Maranda Jane, Esther Malinda, Larkin Warren, and Mary Emaline, and I think, their oldest daughter died in infancy. Ira married first a Nesbet and have one son, James G. When his wife died, he married Eliza Borah, daugher of Uncle Sam's. They had Mary Ellen, now Porterfield; David Lowery, and Lula, now Petty; the parents are dead. Children living, Mary Ellen, is a widow and lives near here; Lula lives in Witcha, Kansas, James T. also married a Nesbet named Jane. He died about 7 years ago at the age of 77. Jane died about 2 or 3 years ago, aged over 80. Louisa married L P. Cook and they settled some 5 miles south of Flora, Illinois, where she still lives. Her husband died some 12 years ago. They have quites a large family. I believe all but one are living, most of them near their old home, near what is now known as Rinard, Illinois. All of them are doing well. Fletcher William, Rosecrans, James, where the names of the sons. Mary was the name of their oldest daughter. Other I have forgotten their names. Louisa boasts that she has never seen a sick day in her life. SHe is about 80, I think some over that. J.W. was ever kind of a shiftless one. He first married a Miss Street to whom 2 sons were born. Jown W. and Ike live in Oregon. J.W.'s first wife was a Crews, daughter of Peter Crews, who died without children. He next married a widow Coulter, who had one child. Both mother and child have been dead many years. J.W. is now about 77 and lives wiht his sister, Mrs. Cook. Elnathan married his cousin, Esther Jane Vandeveer Crews in 1859 or about that time, and he died in 1867, leaving a widow and several children, who I think are all dead, also his widow of whom I have spoken died in Washington. She was a helpless invalid for years- had rheumatism and on account of her suffering she acquired the opium habit, which held her till her death. Miranda Jane married John Willie, about 50 years or more ago. To them were born, I think, 6 children. The father and all the children but one son, Marion, are dead. The son is about 40. He and his mother live near Mt. Erie. Esther Malinda was one year older then I, hence she was born in 1835. Maranda and she both married after the death of their parents. She married Lewis Leach, lived afterwards about 15 years, leaving her husband and one daughter both of which are dead. Larkin Warren was named for my father and brother of his mother, Warren Williams. He was some 10 years my junior. He died when about 18. Mary Emiline, youngest child of Uncle's was about 10 years old when her father died. When she was 25 years old she married Elijah Griffith, widower, some 15 years her senior. To them were born 2 sons and 2 daughters. The sons both died in infancy, both daughters married, and oldest, Maggie has 2 boys and one daughter; Lulu, Harry Renshaw, and Englishman. Mary Emiline is one of the sweetest disposition ladies I have ever met. Her father idolized her. Although the youngest, she was a bit spoiled. She could not be spoiled. There is no spoil in her, and just so she is yet, notwithstanding, she has had a hard life and much sorrow, she is just the same lovable kind friend. I forgot to mention that Uncle Gillison lived about one year longer then my father, I think he died in 1857. Aunt Polly preceeded him 4 or 5 years. Uncle and father were brother companions, I never knew them to have any differences. They shared each others joys and sorrows, where brought up together from their infancies, swapped work, took care of each other in sickness, and were never long apart during their lifetime, and not separated long by death. No one stood higher with all who knew him then Uncle. Larkin Price was born in South Carolina, Dec 5, 1791, came with his father's family to Posey County, Indiana, 1810. Was married to Sally Wesson, Feb 13, 1829; settled on an improved tracked of land in Posey County, about 4 miles north of the town now known as New Albany, Indiana. The farm was near a stream, they lived here until February 1838, when they moved to what is now Massilon Township, sec. 6. When or before they moved here, there was born to them, Feb 8 1822, Joseph W. P. Price, named for his grandfather, Joseph Price and Joseph Wasson, and to be sure that it was for both grandparents, and no partiality shown, was made Joseph Wasson Price Price; Elizabeth Price who was born Dec 1, 1823, died Sept 25, 1824, where her grave is I know, but the exact spot I do not know, as in those day they did not have tombstones; were not known. Pamila Price who was born Sept. 14, 1825. deid Dec. 24, 1894. Esther Price who was born Feb 10, I do not know the date of her death. James Gillison Price who was born July 13, 1830, John Adams Price who was born December 8 1832, James Gillison died Oct. 9 1838. John Adams Price who died Oct 12 1838 was the first buried in our family cemetery, which was on my father's land about a mile north and east of where we now live. My father set out some black locust bushes on the ground which spread very rapidly. This gave it the name of Locust Cemtery (Note: It is now known as the Locust Grove Cemetry). Van Renssller Price was born Jan 15 1836; after coming to Illinois, Marion Price was born August 4 1840; Sophronia Ellen Price was born Aug 19, 1845. Marion Price, which I think the brightest one of our family died Jan. 29, 1863. Better father and mother than these I have never seen; lovable and loving; but language would fail m to express my high estimation of them, and the moral standing in the community which they live in. A fitting eulogy, I am too finite to give. I hope to see them face to face unworthy though I be. James W. P. Price was married to Mary West in about 1840, and June 5, 1856 he died. He was thrown off a wagon on his back which paralyzed him. He lived for about a month after this. He was a good and just man. Unto him and Mary were born Lowery Price, who died in boyhood, Edward Wayne, who died in 1861, also in young manhood. Sylvester was older then Edward, between Lowery James and Edward, only on of the family now living. Eliza Florence was a sweet little girl, whom I loved dearly She died when she was a little girl of St. Vitus Dance. James Larkin was the next child. He had his leg mashed by horses running away and had his leg amputated, and several years afterward, died, which was after his mother's death. He was married and left a widow, Jane, and sons, Fred and Glen, who lived with their mother, where Larkin and his father died his widow Jane Price, formerly Jane Chapman, has since married Joseph Borah and are now divorced. Jasper Newton, the youngest son, died before his mother. He married Mattie McCollum, a daughter of Sylvester's last wife, step-daughter of Sylvester. They had 2 children but both died as babies. Sylvester first married a widow, Emma Cook. They had 2 children, which are both living and married; Molly and Joseph who live in Princeton Indiana. Sylvester's second marriage was to a widow Susan McCollum, who had 3 children. The older, Mattie, whom married Jasper Newton married. Her other 2 girls were Cora and Carrie. Carrie (?) was married to Wm. Fetherland and Carrie (?) to Mikel Daubs. Sylvester and his last wife have 2 sons livign. Sylvester lives where his grandfather West settled when he came to this country from Pennsylvania, as much, I think, as 80 years ago, the same log are in the house that his grandfather West put there and where Sylvester's father and mother and your Uncle W.N. Borah and Aunt Eliza were married, though there is a later house built to it. This I believe finishes your Uncle Joseph P. Price's family. Pamela, your mother is the next of the family to live to maturity. She and your father, John Borah, were married in February, 1848, a more congenial and satisfactory union of hearts and hands seldom existed and a better father and mother then you children had or better man and woman in every respect as neighbor, a friend, or citizen, seldom graced the world, and not wishing to make you vain, few parents ever reared a nicer or nobler family of children, and commencing with Larkin, Sarah J., Salina, Esther, Emma, John and Lulu. Of each I could with freedom write with highest commendation. May nothing over occur to mar this record. The next is Esther who married John T. Calvin about the year 1850 or 1852. Here I may be in error but it is the best I can remember. Esther and John were the parents of Sarah Esther, who married Jack Boultinghouse. She was the mother of 3 or 4 children. They moved to Kansas, where she died, Jack and what children were left, with his mother moved to Oregon, where I have lost account of them. Sarah Esther was only a child when she married. Marion the next child, died about the time he arrived to manhood. He was a good boy. Van R. was left a lad of somewhere in the teens. Not having a mother's care, went wrong, but is all right now. He is married and living in Shawneetown. He is the only one of the family living. Esther died with consumption about 1879. She was a good Christian woman, religious and enjoyed religion, died in the family and I believe, is in the Glory World. Her husband John T., after Esther's death lost interest in things good. They are both buried in the cemetery east of the village of Calvin, about 3 miles south of Graysville. The next 2 of father's family was James G. and John A., who died soon after we came to Illinois, of which I have already written. After these is myself of whom I can say that I feel like a failure. I was 2 years old when we came to this country. A portion of the year for six years, I shook with chills and made great destruction of Saphenting's Pills and Jerusalem Oak Tea. My father died when I was 20 years old, leaving me with the care of my mother and sister, Sophronia, and the farm, which continued until Aug 4, 1861, when I left the farm and family in care of Allen Walker, a hired hand, and entered the Army in Company "E", 40th Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and server as First Sgt., until Aug 9, 1864. Looking back on that service now, it doesn't appear that I made a very good soldier, although I tried my best to do my duty, though I was too tenderhearted to want to kill anybody which I was out to do. I was never away from my command but 3 days during my term of service and that was on a furlough to visit a friend of mine who was in his death bed in the hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. During my absence in July, 1863, my mother died. Notwithstanding the need my country had of my service I never felt satisfied that I did the right thing in leaving my mother to go into the Army, and would not have gone so if I knew her thought the war would have lasted so long as it did, I expected the war would be over by the next spring after I went out. I got home in Aug. 1864, and ion the 27th day of October of the same year was married to Martha A. Adams and on the 23rd of January 1865, moved to Mt. Erie and in July of the same year was born to us our first son, Joseph Henry, and on April 14, 1870, was born a daughter, Maude Evelyn, on Aug 25, 1865, I went to merchandising, buying half interest in the firm of Jolly and Mayo, changing the name to Price, Jolly and Mayo; afterwards selling my interest to John W. Vandeveer, then I turned my attention to milling with the firms of Price, Nevell and Co., were in about 4 years I lost $20,000, which about cleared me up financially. On January 3, 1873 my wife Mattie, died leaving me with Maude and Joe. On the 15th of April 1875, I and Caroline Berg were married and continued together to this time. Though carefulness and other way have been able to regain part of our losses and to feel as regards matters financially, we are pretty well provided for what little time we have to stay here. On Oct. 25, 1877, was born to my present wife and to me a, a daughter, Carrie, who was married Oct 6, 1904, to Fred S. Fulton, who now lives at 1452 Perry Street, Chicago Illinois. They have a daughter Ruth. Joe was married Sept 1891 in Boston, Mass. to Carrie E. Haskel, and are not living at Rocky Ford, Colorado, engaged in business. Maude E. was married Nov 29, 1893, to Henry Clevenger. They have a daughter and a son. Daughter was born Oct 1892, died Feb 7, 1893; son Joseph Henry was born Nov 4, 1901 and is still living. We live in and 8 room house, 2 stories, all by ourselves and sometimes it seems quite lonely having little to do and striving to live in view of what soo awaits us and to be prepared in everyway for it. As to my brother, Marion, he when a boy had the misfortune to get his leg broken and his dislocated. The doctor set his leg, but did a poor job, and did not know of the dislocation of the hip, hence did not set it, and when the fracture healed he was lame, and the some years after he took a fever which settled in the small of his back and caused paralysis of his lower limbs and he was never able to stand alone, but could hobble about on crutches. He went to school, was a good scholar and he taught several years of school, but his body and lungs growing, and from the small of his back down not growing. He had not room for his lungs to expand, hence his lungs because afflicted and slow consumption set in and on a bright Sunday morning Jan 29th, 1869, his mother told him he was dying. He thought not, but soon realized it was so, when he called his mother, sister, Sophronia, and myself 2 cousins who was with us, Mary E. Price and Fount Wasson, and taking each by the hand bid us good-bye, closing his eyes for a moment, remembered his Bible which is now before me, he said, "Van, I want to give you my Bible. Meet me in heaven." He went to sleep in Jesus, blessed sleep from which none ever wakes to weep. By the grace of God, I mean to do so. He was a good young man. I always, or in his last years, called him, "my dictionary". How I miss him. Sophronia E., the youngest child was a pretty baby and girl and grew up to be a pretty woman, being the youngest was our pet, but still she was not badly spoiled, but being left by her father when a child, eleven years old, to my mother and my care; as for me, my experience and judgement not being very good, she was expected to be self-willed and selfish, but instead she grew up to be generous and good and lovable, was married in her 19th year, 1863, to William Shannon, and they have raised a family of 6 sons and 2 daughters. Clara married C.T. Jordan, Arthur H. married a Miss Florence Pleasant; to them was born a son and at the same time the wife died. They lived in Noble, Illinois. Next was Dewitt, who married Julia Holmes. They have one son, 7 years old. They live in Mt. Erie. Next is Roy, who married Mable Blood. They have 2 children. They live on a farm near Mt. Erie. Next is Joseph who married Beulah Allison. They have a daughter, Alice, They live in Mt. Erie. Next is Bessie, who married John Henry, a livestock trader. They haven't any children. They live in Noble, Illinois. Next is Harry who was just arrived at his majority; this last spring, migrated to the State of Wyoming, where he bought 160 acers, which he expects to farm. For a while he is with his parents this winter. He expects to return in the spring to his farm. William Herbert is the youngest, he is now nearly grown; is at home going to school in Mt. Erie. Clara and C.T. Jordan have 2 children; 2 daughters, Josie and Grace; Josie is in school at Fairfield, Grace is with her parents in Wyoming. I forgot their post office. So this ends out Price people, except that your great grandfather Price's first wife died in Indiana and he married the second time a widow, Gambrel and they had 2 daughters, they had one called Janey, I suppose a nickname for Jane. She married Richard Harris, which connects us with the Harris's and Hal Strawn, who married Cassie Harris, a granddaughter to Aunt Jane Price Harris. Their other daughter was Lydia who died when 12 years old, her mother died about the same time. Grandfather lived some years longer. I just cn recollect seeing him once, when he visited father. His wife and youngest daughter are buried on the fame he lived on last. Grandfather died at his daughter's Nancy Jolly. Kristen