Randolph County, Missouri Probate Records Volume B, 1847-58 Page 18 27 September 1847 Court orders that Colden Williams, one of the Adm. of the estate of Sebastian Williams, dec. take charge of the 3 infant children of said dec. and have the 4 negros belonging to said dec. for nurses until otherwise ordered by the court (Many pages to abstract, more coming) Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Wilson" <beth@swilson.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] 1860 Lawsuit naming heirs of Mahala Williams Chism > Think I have it, looking. > Beth > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:19 PM > Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] 1860 Lawsuit naming heirs of Mahala Williams Chism > > > > This may create more questions than answers, but here goes. I'd like to > ask the Williams researchers to compare the following > > census records. They are the 1850 and 1860 census records for Colden Jef > Williams. > > > > 1850 US Census, pg 261A, Prairie Twp, Randolph co, MO, 2 Nov 1850. > Dwelling 862, Family 862. > > C. J. Williams, 39 year old white male, farmer, $1000, KY > > Margaret Williams, 37 year old white female, KY > > Mary Williams, 15 year old white female, MO > > Margaret Williams, 12 year old white female, MO > > William Williams, 9 year old white male, MO > > Euriah Williams, 6 year old white male, MO > > Jeffers Williams, 6 year old white male, MO > > Eliza Williams, 4 year old white female, MO > > Tailer Williams, 2 year old white male, MO > > Euphemia Williams, 1 year old white female, MO > > Martha Williams, 4 year old white female, MO. > > > > 1860 US Census, Prairie Twp, Randolph county, MO, 13 June 1860. > > C. J. Williams, 49 year old white male, farmer, $7200-$16,123, KY > > Mary J. Marshall, 26 year old white female, MO > > Wm. J. Williams, 20 year old white male, MO > > Uriah Williams, 18 year old white male, MO > > Eliga Williams, 16 year old white male, MO > > Elizabeth Williams, 11 year old white female, MO > > Taylor Williams, 14 year old white male, MO > > Sebastion Williams, 9 year old white male, MO > > James ? Williams, 6 year old white male, MO > > Uriah J. Williams, 17 year old white male, farmer, MO > > Martha Williams, 15 year old white female, MO > > > > This is the way I see them. In the 1850, there are a Uriah and a Jeffers > in this household, both age 6. There is an Eliza and a > > Martha who are both age 4. And then there is Euphemia who is a year old. > These are the children I want to concentrate on. I > > thought at first that we were dealing with two sets of twins. Then I > compared it to the 1860 census. > > > > In 1860, the children who I believe were Uriah and Jeffers, have become > Uriah age 18 and Uriah J (Jeffers?) age 17. This means they > > aren't twins. And there are two Uriah's in this household. Eliza > Williams, daughter,. age 4 in 1850, has become Elija Williams, > > male, and age 16 in 1860. Martha, age 4 in 1850 is Martha age 15 in 1860. > Tailer age 2 in 1850 is now Taylor age 14 in 1860. And > > Euphemia, age 1in 1850 has become Elizabeth, age 11 in 1860. Consider > this possibility. Suppose it is Uriah, and not Uriah J., who > > is the son of Colden Jef Williams. And suppose that Uriah J., Martha and > Euphemia/Elizabeth are not the children of Colden? > > Suppose they are the Uriah J, Martha J. and Ann E Williams in the suit, > AND that they are the children of Sebastian Williams. I > > don't know if Sebastian had children. But he was married in 1841 to the > sister of Colden's wife. Sebastian didn't die until abt > > Sep of 1847. If his wife was pregnant at the time of his death, the child > could have been born in mid 1848 and could have been the > > one year old child on the 1850 census. Both Martha and Uriah J. would > also fall within the realm of possibility for Sebastian to > > have fathered them. If this is the case, I have no idea where their > mother is, or even if she is living. Nor do I know who the > > guardians of these children might be. It's possible that they had chosen > someone besides Colden to act as their guardian, and that > > is why they were on the other side of the issue. They would all have been > underage as well. I know that this is a lot of wild > > speculation on my part, and there is no proof to back it up. I just > wanted everyone to think about the possibilities. > > > > I always jumped to the conclusion that Sebastian had no children, because > I couldn't find any for him in 1850. If his wife had also > > died, or had remarried, it's very possible that the children would be in > the household of Colden and his wife. > > > > Does anyone have probate on Sebastian? He was living in Randolph county > at the time of his death. All I have seen is the > > transcript done by Ellsberry and it doesn't say much. We need the > settlement. > > > > Found on Ancestry.com, 7 Sep 2002. > > Randolph County, Missouri Administration and Will Records 1836-1858 > > Randolph County, Missouri Bond 1843-1842 > > > > Name: Sebastian C. Williams > > deceased Colden J. Williams , Adm. H. C. Collins , J. W. Walton , and N. > B. Christian , Sec. 15 Sept. 1847 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com> > > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 4:54 PM > > Subject: Re: [MOHOWARD-L] 1860 Lawsuit naming heirs of Mahala Williams > Chism > > > > > > > Dare I ask who Uriah J., Ann E., and Martha J. Williams would be in the > list > > > below? I don't have any Ann E's, and the only Uriah J. and Martha J. I > have > > > are children of Colden J. who is on the other side of the lawsuit. Plus > I > > > think Uriah J. would have been a minor and possibly Martha was married > by > > > 1860. > > > > > > Elizabeth > > > <fighting the temptation to put all the lost Williams in a group with > > > fictional parents called Zebra and Zoe---why couldn't these folks come > up > > > with unique middle names at least?> > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Elizabeth DuBois Russo" <elizabethrusso@attbi.com> > > > To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:40 AM > > > Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] 1860 Lawsuit naming heirs of Mahala Williams Chism > > > > > > > > > > I do have a day job that I need to get back to <g> but I couldn't > resist > > > putting this one more excerpt out there for discussion: > > > > > > > > Howard County Deed Book 9, page 132 > > > > > > > > "Know all men by these presents that whereas at the June term 1860 of > the > > > Howard Circuit Court Judgment was rendered upon a petition filed therein > by > > > Willoughby Williams, Wm. D. Williams, George W. Williams, Colden, J. > > > Williams, Josiah Brown, Nancy Brown, Nero M. Thomson, Elizabeth Thomson, > > > Reuben Watts, Margaret Watts, Edmond C. Foster, Martha J. Foster, > Casendara > > > Brashear and Mary F. Withers, Plaintiffs against John C. Williams, Sarah > > > Hardin, Uriah Davis, Joseph B. Davis, James C. Davis, Colden Davis, > Charles > > > C. McKinny, Mariah McKinny, Uriah J. Williams, Ann E. Williams, Martha > J. > > > Williams, Leander M. Dehony, Sarah Dehoney, Mary A. Courtney, James M. > > > Courtney & Thomas Monroe administrator of Mahala Chism deceased, > > > Defendants...." > > > > > > > > > > > > > >