Dear Subscribers: Joseph Williams in this brief bio (I have more) is almost certain to be the son of Henry Williams (d...... testate Caswell Co., NC) as proved by earlier deeds in Caswell Co. which indicate Joseph Williams is of Madison Co., KY. Here are some abstracted deeds, recorded in Madison Co., KY, of Joseph Williams, grantee, and Tyre Oldham and his wife Nancy, and later between Joseph Williams, grantee, and James French and Kezia his wife. Joseph Williams married Sally Searcy, daughter of Bartlett Searcy (decd) and his wife, said to be Lucy Williams. I have not been able to confirm that Lucy Searcy, originally of Granville Co., NC was indeed a Williams. Can anyone shed further light on Joseph Williams and his mother-in-law, Lucy Searcy? Or on Tyree Harris and his wife Nancy. Does anyone know when Joseph Williams died--and where? Hint: Joseph Williams is a younger brother of Ursala Duke Williams, the widow Peoples, who married Richard *Ready-Money* Oldham in Caswell Co., NC. R/M and Ursala migrated to Madison Co., KY soon after their marriage. After Ursala or Ursley's death after the birth of a fifth child, R/M Oldham married Patsy Reid, daughter of Alexander Reid, an early settler of Kentucky. Reid is believed to have also been of North Carolina. Furthermore, Tyree Oldham is said to be the brother of R/M Oldham, both of them sons of Jesse Oldham, an early explorer of Boonesborough, according to a clipping found in the Lyman C. Draper manuscripts. Submitted by E.W.Wallace descendant of R/M Oldham and his first wife Ursley Duke Williams Peoples DB E-132 [abstracted] 28 Feb 1801 - Tyree Oldham to Joseph Williams both of Madison Co., KY - Tyree Oldham & his wife Nancy for and in consideration of 104 pds. - 52A between Tates Bottom Run & Kentucky River granted to Tyree Oldham by patent bearing the 18th day of May 1796...lines of William Irvine... ln. of Isaac Ware ... Wares Ln No 87... corner to Robert Clarke... ln of Richard Harrison Tyree Oldham [LS] Nancy Oldham [LS] Ackd by Tyree Harris & Nancy Oldham in Madison Co. court Monday the 2nd day of March 1801. Nancy examined privately. (SL film 183,286) DB F-21 [abstracted] 4 Nov 1805 James French and Kezia his wife of Montgomery Co. KY to Joseph Williams of Madison Co., KY... consideration 420 pds. ... 202 acres on waters of Otter Creek & Tates Bottom... being the place where the said Joseph Williams now lives... corner to Samuel South ... Tates Bottom Run... Richard Harrison's preemption of 1000 .. thence with the line of Harrisons preemption... Harrisons line to his corner... branch of Stony Run.. ln of Wm.Smiths survey of 1000 acres... ln of William Irvine & James French... Charles Caffery.. ln of Irvine & French West... ln of Samuel South James French Keziah French I Joseph Williams do hereby declare that the foregoing deed from James French & Keziah his wife is in full discharge of said French's bond to me for the land on which I now live & provided I should find said Bond which is either lost or mislaid. I am to deliver said Bond to said French as witness my hand & seal this 5th day of November 1805. Joseph Williams [LS] (SL film 183,287) This highly abstracted deed is also believed to pertain to Joseph Williams. DB F-706 [abstracted] Woods to Williams, 12 Sept 1808 William Woods & Ruth Woods of Madison Co. KY of same... consideration 1500 dollars ... 100 A. ... parcel of land lying on Hazel Patch Road and on the waters of Rockcastle William Woods [LS] Ruth Woods [LS] Are these brides the children of Jseph Williams and Sally Searcy? Since brides married quite young in this time period, it is conceivable Joseph Williams, son of Henry, is the father of the following brides: Barnett Eades & Elizabeth Williams - 17 Sep 1811 (bond); Joseph Williams, father of bride; Lewis Eades, bondsman. Lewis Pully & Lucy Williams - 15 May 1817; Joseph Wiliams, father of bride; Samuel Searcy, bondsman. Certainly the naming patterns of the brides--Elizabeth and Lucy-- and in the case of the second cited marriage, the association with a Searcy bondsman, would certainly suggest linkage with the extended Henry Williams-Bartlett Searcy family of Caswell Co. and Granville Co., North Carolina. Elizabeth Williams, wife of Henry3 Williams, was the mother of Joseph4 Williams. Lucy Searcy nee Williams (purported) would be the maternal grandmother of the bride. Joseph Williams and Sally Williams were witnesses to the will of James Harrison, 1806, Will Bk. A (Charles M. Franklin, Madison Co. KY WILLS & ESTATES 1785-1813) Possibly Joseph had died by 1825 as one Sally Williams, mother of the bride, has given consent to this Madison Co. marriage bond: James Mitchell & Sophia Williams, 29 Dec 1825 Wiley Searcy, bondsman; Sally Williams, mother of bride. (Bill & Kathy Vockery, MADISON CO., KY MARRIAGE RECORDS, V. II [Richmond, KY, 1997] p. 52)