Dear Subscribers, Are there descendants of this man who can help me with your hints. Some say, without documentation, that John Williams was a son of Nathaniel Williams (b. ca 1716 VA-d when?, where?). Are there any deeds, wills, tax records, court records to link Col. John Williams to his alleged father, Nathaniel Williams, said to have been of Hanover Co., VA? Also, there is insufficient information about some of John Williams's descendants as given in this brief bio. Can you add anything? COL. JOHN WILLIAMS OF CASWELL CO. (ca 1740-d. 1804, Caswell Co., NC) The Political Graveyard website gives this information: Williams, John (1740-1804) of Orange County, NC; Caswell County, NC. First cousin of John Williams of Montpelier [in Granville Co., NC], Richard Henderson and Thomas Henderson [also of Granville Co., NC]; brother of Nathaniel Williams, Jr., Robert Williams and Joseph Williams of Shallow Ford; grandfather of Christopher Harris Williams; great-great-grandfather of John Sharp Williams. Born in Hanover County, VA, July 7, 1740. Delegate to North Carolina provincial congress, 1775; colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member of North Carolina state house of representatives, 1778-80; member of North Caroline state senate, 1782, 1793-94. Died in Caswell County, NC, December, 1804. Interment somewhere in Locust Hill, NC. [end] Marriage bond in Charlotte Co., VA, which was formed 1765 from Lunenburg Co., VA: 9 Mar 1767. John Williams and Betsey Williamson. Sur. Nathaniel Williams. p. 5 (Catherine Lindsay Knorr, MARRIAGE BONDS AND MINISTERS' RETURNS OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY, VIRGINIA 1764-1815 [Pine Bluff, AR: Published by author, 1951], p. 90) Question: Is Nathaniel Williams, the surety, the father or the brother of John Williams? Caswell Co. Will Bk E-168 John Williams - Will - w. [written] 31 May 1798. Wife Betsy (land on Horsley Cr. at Nash's line to south of Dill Branch); son Duke; granddaughter Betsy Williams Simpson (under 21) and her brother John Kincheloe Simpson; granddaughter Betsy Williamson Williams and her brother John Williams; granddaughter Nancy Lea Graves (under 21); daughter Betsy wife of Azariah Graves; daughter Henrietta Simpson wife of Richard Simpson (land purchased of Lewis Pike and Hall Williamson); daughter Betsy (land on Horseley's Cr. adj Tubbs Branch to Brown's and Goodloe's lines). Exec: son Duke Williams, son-in-law Richard Simpson, and Azariah Graves. Wit: Signal Akeen, Jerre Williamson. (Katherine Kerr Kendall, CASWELL COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA WILL BOOKS 1777-1814, 1784 TAX LIST, GUARDIANS' ACCOUNTS 1794-1819 [Baltimore: Clearfield Publ. Co., 1997 edition of 1979 edition], p. 97). I have some information on the father and siblings of Richard Simpson (m. to Henrietta Williams). Who are the parents of Azariah Graves? E.W.Wallace