This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/mAB.2ACE/1209.1236.1.1 Message Board Post: I have found a Son of James named Jesse who I believe was my gr gr gr gr grandfather. There are some gifts from James given to Jesse in the records of Christian County, however the gifts stop when Jesse moved to Posey County Indiana. Jesse also served as surity for the marriage of Polly and Gillison Price in Christian County in 1817. The Price's also moved to Indiana and to Wayne County Illinois, where Jesse Williams lived in 1840-1870, he lived Posey County 1817/1818-1840. Jesse married a Nancy Caldwell in Posey County Indiana in 1819. The Daniel you mention I believe was the son of John Williams and Sarah Calvin. I believe John Williams was a relation to this family, but I have not been able to prove this. Also my Jesse Williams was born about 1794 in South Carolina (according to him saying this on the 1850 census of Wayne County, he lived with a James Walker family), but all of his children list him on census's being born in KY. These are notes given to me by Mr John G. W! est: Fern Williams documentation which stated that 'she had a book with the flyleaf gone, a sequel to English Reader'. On the inside of the front cover of this book the names of Amos, Alvin, James and Steven Williams (four sons) were written. This statement followed the names of the sons: "James Williams is my name, America is my nation, Christian County is my dwelling place, and Iieus (Jesus) my salvation". Inside the back cover of this book were the names, Stephen and Jesse Williams (again 2 sons, with Steven being named inside the front cover also); followed by the date 1824. Also on the inside back cover: 'Alvin, 7 Nov 1813 (interpreted to be Alvin's birthday). This referenced book did not document the sixth son, Warren; nor any of James and Nancy's daughters. Census of 1810 Christian County: James Williams Family 1810: Males: under 10 = 2 10-16 = 2 16-26 = 1 ( Probably Jesse) 26-45 = 1 Females: under 10 = 2 10-16 = 1 ( Probably Polly ) 26-45 = 2 Notes I have on John Williams and his family: heirs of John Williams: James Calvin was administrator of the estate. Heirs are Calvin, Isaac, and Daniel Williams; Rebecca Calvin; Abigail Davis; Nancy Davis; and "Cassa" Thomas [Cassander]. The following is written by Thelma R. Farnsworth: The earliest of our Williams family that I have been able to find and prove goes back to John Williams who may have been born in South Carolina. He must have married in that state because some of his children were born in South Carolina. His father-in-law, Jobe Calvin, served in the Revolutionary from that state. The records in that state are very meager and many of the records were destroyed during the Civil War. The name--John Williams is very common in the south so I have no idea on how to proceed on that line. I've tried to proceed on the Calvin or Colvin line hoping to find a connection between the two families but in this I have failed--nor could I find anything on the Calvin family. John was born about 1770. He married Sarah, the daughter of Jobe and Nancy Calvin about 1796. The proof of this is found in the will of Jobe Calvin; Sarah is listed as one of heirs. John and Sarah had seven children that I know of: Daniel, Abigail, Nancy, Rebecca, Cassandra, Isaac and Calvin. The six oldest children signed a deed transfering the property over to Calvin after the death of their father. John and Sarah moved to Christian Co., Kentucky about 1800, settling on a farm near the the Calvin family who had moved there a few years earlier. They lived here about ten years. Some of their children were born here. By 1810, the Calvin and Williams families were living in Posey Co. Indiana. John and Sarah's last child, Calvin, was born here on May 2, 1810. He is my second great grandfather. John died on July 24,1830 at the age of sixty. He is buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Bethel Township, Posey Co. Indiana. Sarah died between 1850 and 1860. Jobe died in 1833, his will was probated on Dec 25, 1833. I don't know anything about Jobe's wife Nancy. For the next fifty years or so, Posey County, Indiana, is the area where most of the decendants of John Willimas and Jobe Calvin have lived. Even today in 1993, some of their decendants can be found in that county. Children of John Williams and Sarah Calvin: Daniel Williams born 1798 Nancy Williams born 1803 Abigail Williams born 1804 Rebecca Williams born 1805 Cassander Williams Isaac Williams Calvin Williams John Williams and wife Sarah moved along with her father Job Calvin, Jesse Williams and the family of Mary "Polly" and Gillison Price (son of Joseph Price) to Posey Indiana. I do not know if they were family or just friends that happened to have the same last name, but I believe that John and James Williams were brothers. Also note that John and Sarah Williams came from Newberry Dist. South Carolina. More on Jesse and Nancy Williams: They helped start a Primitive Baptist Church in Wayne County: PROVIDENCE CHURCH MT ERIE WAYNE CO ILLINOIS Providence Church was organized on July 4, 1846, by Elders Richard Gardner, Jeremiah Doty and C. S. Madding, in Mt. Erie township. The charter members were dismissed for that purpose from Long Prairie Church, viz.,Thomas Travers, Jesse Williams, John Meadows, Nathaniel Travers, Reuben Whitaker, W. H. Harrelson, Nancy Williams, Hannah Vandeveer, Mary Rice Sr., Elizabeth Collins, Christiana Travers, Catharine Harrelson, and Cecelia McCollum. In February 1851 the church accepted and sanctioned the actions of the brethren in building a meeting house on land donated by Alexander Ramsey, Sr. In June 1867 a deed was presented for the land on which the church house was located. Pastors of this church included Elders Jeremiah Doty (1846), Champion S. Madding, J. D. Jones, Lewis Hunsinger, David S. Ford, H. C. Bell, A. J. Coale, and others. Elder Lemuel Potter united with this church in October 1863. Other ministers who were members here included Elders John Clements, A. P. Whitlow, James D. Jones, Joseph R. Gardner, and James F. George. Elder James D. Jones was ordained here Kristen Williams mickeysmile440@comcast.net