Posted on: Colleton Co. SC Queries Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/SC/Colleton?read=907 Surname: Williams, Hamilton, Sheridan ------------------------- My records show the following. However I am sure there are errors. I have no record of Catherine Spears having married Joel Spell. I do have a record that Hugo Sheridan's daughter, Elvira Sheridan married Paul Spell and was the Mother of Eldred Spell. Name: James WILLIAMS, Birth abt 1758 in not sure Death 1826 in Green Pond, Colleton County, S.C. (age 66) Marriages/Children 1. Catherine HAMILTON Marriage abt 1780 Children Abramior WILLIAMS, (1786-1842) Henry WILLIAMS, (-) Allen WILLIAMS, (-) Abramior WILLIAMS, Father: James WILLIAMS, (abt 1760-1826) Mother: Catherine HAMILTON (-abt 1826) Individual Facts Birth ca1786 in Colleton District S. C. Death 1842 in Green Pond, Colleton County, S.C. (age 56) Marriage 1. Harriet RISHER Marriage 1809 in Colleton District S. C. (age 23) Children Havilla WILLIAMS, (1812-) Harriet WILLIAMS, (1816-) Peter WILLIAMS, (1814-) Morton WILLIAMS, (1810-) Mary WILLIAMS, (1818-) Benjamin WILLIAMS, (1820-) Richard WILLIAMS, (1822-) James WILLIAMS, (1825-) Thomas R. WILLIAMS, (1829-) Abraham English WILLIAMS, M.D. (28 Feb. 1832-19 May 1904) Sources 1. J. Lemach Stokes, D.D. Book of Stokes: Stokes, Risher and de la Fontaine Families. Yorkville, SC: Enquirer Print, 1915, rev. p. 12. 4. H.W. Smith. The Williams and Sheridan Families of Colleton County, South Carolina. private. 5. Beulah Glover. Methodism in Colleton County, South Carolina : Williams/ Sheridan Information. Walterboro, SC : Beulah Glover and Methodist Church. many pages. 7. . LeRoy Gilmore. Two Great Grand Dads: Takes the de la Fontaine line to the 15th century in simple form. Charleston, SC: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, 1955. pp 115-116. Hugo Grotius SHERIDAN, M.D. Birth 22 Sep 1768 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania Death 14 Dec 1853 in Cottageville South Carolina (age 85) Will 16 Jan 1854 in Courthouse, Walterboro, S.C. (recorded on the above date) (age 85) Burial in Sheridan Cemetary, Round O Plantation. Marriages/Children 1. UNKNOWN Children Charlotte SHERIDAN, (-) 2. Jean MYER Children Jean Henrieta Elvira SHERIDAN, (-) 3. Catherine SPEARS Marriage: 24 Dec 1829 in Colleton District S. C. (He was age 61: she was 39) Children Georgianna Carolina SHERIDAN (7 Jan 1831-11 Nov 1904) Hugo Grotius, Jr. SHERIDAN, (5 May 1833-) **** Catherine SPEARS: Father: Stephen SPEARS (-) Mother: Rachael (-) Individual Facts Birth: 25 Dec 1789 in Georgia (near Augusta) Death: 16 Feb 1869 in Cottageville, South Carolina (age 79) Burial: Marriages: 1. Andrew LISTON Children: 2. Hugo Grotius SHERIDAN, M.D. Marriage: 24 Dec 1829 in Colleton District S. C. (age 39) Children: Georgianna Carolina SHERIDAN (7 Jan 1831-11 Nov 1904) Hugo Grotious, Jr. SHERIDAN, (5 May 1833-) 1. Emily Renolds and Joan Faunt. Biographical Directory of the Senate of South Carolina, 1776 - 1964. Columbia: South Carolina Archives , 1954. 2. Brent H. Holcomb. Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate, Vol. 1: 1837-1860. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1979. 3. Robert Mills, Compiler. Mills' Atlas of South Carolina. Places, names for all counties of SC from 1800 to 1841. Southern Historical Press, Rev. S. Emmett Lucas, Jr. of Easley South Carolina, reprint for the 1825 maps. Colleton District. 4. Beulah Glover. Methodism in Colleton County, South Carolina : Williams/ Sheridan Information. Walterboro, SC : Beulah Glover and Methodist Church. p.4. 5. H.W. Smith. The Williams and Sheridan Families of Colleton County, South Carolina. private. p.4. 6. RMC Records of Charleston and Darlington, Book S pp. 334-35; Book AA, p.185. 7. Hugo S. Ackerman, Curator. Spell, Sheridan,Williams Papers. Orangeburg, SC: Orangeburg County Historical Society, 1985. 8. Sheridan Marriage Contract, State Archives Exh. #42. Charleston, SC: Secretary of the States' Office, January 2-,1841. 9. Dr. Waring. Dr. Waring's Histories of Medicine in South Carolina, Vol. 2. Charleston, SC: Medical University of SC, Waring Historical Library. Vol. 2, p. 322. 10. Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Christian Advocate, April, 23, 1869. 11. Marion Salley. "Old Miniature In Orangeburg, The News and Courier , Charleston, SC, February 20, 1934, p.- Note: Should one be able to find the parents and grandparents of Hugo Grotius Sheridan the connection may be made to the Sheridans of Ireland through the following articles by Rev. James Edgar Burns, S.T.D., Rome Italy in The Irish Genealogist, Vol 3, #5, July, 1960, pp 162-172.; Vol. 3, #6, October, 1961, pp 217-220; Vol. 3, #7, October, 1962, 274-276. It will be a stretch. ( University Dublin Library, Dublin, Ireland) and: Rev. James Edgar Burns, S.T.D., Tales of Another Century, A Genealogical Study. Rome, Italy: Printed privately, for select and limited circulation, 1951 (Mormon Library in Salt Lake City.)