William was born 1781 in Georgia. He shows up on colonial land records in Franklin County, GA in early 1800's. Last mention there in 1808. He is listed that year on census of Mississippi Territory. He married Elizabeth ? in 1820. She was born in 1800 also in GA. William petitioned for a land grant in MS in 1815; he obtained it in 1817 in Wayne Co north of Waynesboro. I believe he was in the War of 1812. Their children were S. O., Francis, James, Albert G., John, Zachariah, Ebenezer and Solomon. Zachariah and Ebenezer died as a result of the Civil War. Francis, James and Solomon came to Texas. Solomon was my great-grandfather. I am very interested in finding the ancestors of William and Elizabeth and more information on Solomon's siblings.