Hi - I'm looking for information on a Williams family from the area of Old Frederick Co. VA. I ask anyone with Williams connections to please look over my information for any possible clues or connections to this family and it's origins. I've long suspected this family to have some sort of connection to Presley Williams b: 1790 - who resided at one time in Frederick Co. VA in the 1830's - 1840's - but this is purely speculation. The earliest Williams I have documented is Sanford Williams b: 3/18/1810 in VA - according to handwritten family records. He first appears on his marriage record for Warren Co. VA on 8/7/1837 - married to Sophia Curry, then subsequently on the Warren VA PP tax lists and 1840 census. He does not appear on the Warren Co. VA tax list until 1838. Despite the fact his marriage took place in 1837, he had a son William Franklin Williams, born 2/26/1835. William's death record and obituary both state he was the son of Sanford Williams and Sophia Curry. It also states he was born in Warren Co. VA, but obviously this is incorrect - but I suspect the place of his birth is probably "Old Frederick" Co. The family was thought to reside in the north eastern portion of Warren Co. in the Happy Creek area. They left Warren Co. VA in 1848 and were first documented in Morgan Co. OH in the 1850 census. They are later found in Hancock Co. OH, finally in Clinton Co. OH. note: Sanford Wil! liams never owned property - either in VA or OH, was illiterate, was a farmer. Family members given names are unusual in some cases and some middle names appear to be surnames. Later generations are known to have repeatedly used many of the same given names for their children. Family information is thus: Sanford (Sandford, Santford) Williams b: 3/18/1810 in VA (or even possibly MD, according to some census records) d: 5/18/1899 in OH m: Sophia Curry b: 10/27/1811 in VA, d: 4/7/1889 in OH children: William Franklin Williams b:2/26/1835 in VA d: 2/17/1913 in Hardin Co. OH James Jackson Williams b: 2/8/1838 in Warren Co. VA d: 8/10/1915 in Warren Co. OH Idress Ellen Williams b: 4/18/1840 in Warren Co. VA d: 3/24/1918 in Wood Co. OH Minerva Ann Williams b: 3/22/1841 in Warren Co. VA d: 4/20/1919 in Allen Co. OH Charles Westly Williams b: 2/26/1843 in Warren Co. VA d: 5/24/1920 in Clinton Co. OH Sarah Ann Williams b: 8/8/1845 in Warren Co. VA d: 4/10/1927 in Auglaize Co. OH Hezekiah Taylor Williams b: 9/14/1847 in Warren Co. VA d: fall of 1856 in OH John Russell Williams b:8/8/1849 in OH d: 4/17/1929 in Lucas Co. OH Ellora (Laura) Josephine Williams b: 3/26/1851 in OH d: 4/30/1923 in Auglaize Co. OH Eliza Jane Williams b: 11/1/1854 in OH d: 2/10/1925 in Eastland Co. TX Mary Elizabeth Williams b: 3/13/1856 in OH d: 4/14/1929 in Clinton Co. OH If anyone has any information or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you! Brenda Cape Coral, FL