This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1450.1.1 Message Board Post: As mentioned, the James Allen Williams Cemetery (refered to as the Stokes-Connor Cemetery in CEMTERIES OF UPPER COLLETON COUNTY, SC) is near the John Butcher Williams Cemetery. Going west from I-95 on SC 61 towards Bamberg, the Green Pond Methodist Church is 6 miles on the right; driving another two miles one comes to Drain Road on the left. This is just past the hunting club where the John Butcher Williams Cemetery is located. Turn left on Drain Road and just over a half mile one comes to a paved road on the right that leads to the Allen Williams Cemetery. Allen was the youngest son of James E. Williams and Catherine Hamilton. Not much research has been done on Allen's line, probably because none of his descendants have the Williams surname. Allen married Ann. They had three children: Sarah, E.E.(one of the E's was for Ellen) Anna, and Paul. Sarah was about 17 years old when she passed away in 1841 and her resting place is the oldest known grave of a descendant of James E. Williams. Dr. Paul Williams married Elizabeth Barnes, They had two sons:Francis and James E. Williams, and three daughters:Sarah, Annie, and Mary. Paul was a Methodist minister, he was in his mid 40's when he passed away in 1863. His two sons preceded him in death. All three rest in the Allen Williams Cemetery. Anna Williams married Dr. Peter Stokes. A number of researchers including the late Beulah Glover have refered to Allen's property as Dr. Peter Stokes' plantation or farm. When one looks at the 1850 census, we find James A. Williams head a hosuehold that includes his wife Ann, Dr. Peter Stokes, physian, and Ellen Stokes. Ellen being Anna Williams, Peter's wife. Anna passed away in Feb 1865 after giving birth to a daughter. The child lived to be only about 14 years old. At least two of Dr. Stokes' and Anna's daughters married Connors. The Bryans in CEMETERIES OF UPPER COLLETON COUNTY indicate that Dr. Peter Stokes married Elizabeth Williams, widow of Dr. Paul Williams in 1881. Elizabeth passed away in June 1881. However, when one looks at the 1870 and 1880 censuses one gets the impression that Elizabeth Williams and Dr. Stokes were married prior to 1870. As pointed out besides his widow Dr. Paul Williams was survived by three daughters. One of the daughters, Annie was living with her mother and Dr. Stokes in 1880. Mary Williams, the youngest daughter is said to have married Jefferson Warren. Paul's oldest daughter Sarah Caroline Williams married Garland M. Yancey. Garland came to SC from Louisiana prior to the outbreak of the War Between the States. Prior to 1900, Garland and Sarah Williams Yancey moved to the Orlando area of Florida. One of their sons was named Paul Williams Yancey. The James Allen Williams Cemetery is important to the descendants of James E. Williams because the oldest known Williams grave is there and the location of the cemetery confirms that the Williams tavern and Williams farm were nearby.