Carol, Can you tell me if you have a Christopher Golightly who was named as a brother of Thomas Williams in the will of Thomas Williams in Brunswick Co. VA in 1754? Would that be your Golightly line that married into the Williams? Thanks, Flora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> To: <williams@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2007 9:30 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Williams of Lavaca, Arkansas to Oklahoma > Note: first message in this series of messages. There are also Golightly > surnamed folks in Latimer Co., OK to this day. They intermarried with > Williams family members. > > Carol Huff <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Carol: Relating some > experiences to this message. In Oct. my husband and I are travelling from > here in San Luis Obispo, CA to Memphis, TN to visit Samuel D. Williams. > Sam & my Dad's dna were a 37 marker match. Sam's nephew and I have > researched this Williams family of W.KY for almost 20 years and had pretty > well proven that we were related, but the dna proved our research, without > a doubt. > There is, however, a Williams family in W.KY about the same time as my > GGrandfather, Thomas J. Williams. That other Williams male is also named > Thomas J. Williams and is approx 5-8 years younger than my GGrandfather. > When his descendant sent me a photo, I was astonished at the similarity > between the two men. That is one of the families I am trying to get to do > dna testing. Wouldn't that be something, if they were to match. The > interesting thing is that I asked the descendant just how tall this fellow > was, as my GGrandfather's CW pension file indicated that he was only 5'4". > The photo I was sent showed a couple probably in their 50's standing side > by side. As the woman was the same heighth as the man, I asked the > descendant if her GGrandmother was unusually tall. She said that they were > both 5'3" - 5'5". They all seem to be small, have very dark hair and eyes. > If you look at CW pension file descriptions of other Williams males from > that area, some are described > as tall; i.e., 6' and blue eyed. That definitely does not describe my > GGrandfather and his children. > Sam Williams of Memphis sent me a photo of his father as a young man and > the similarity between this fellow Joseph and my Dad & his brothers at the > same age, was amazing. > We will see, I am anxious to meet Sam and see just how much like my Dad & > Uncles he might be. > Wish me luck in finding other Williams surnamed male descendants of these > W.KY men. > As for your question about a connection between my Williams and Duplin > Co., NC area. Many pioneers of these W.KY Counties were from the Duplin > Co., NC area. That is the reason I have spent so many years researching > all of those families. As my GGrandmothers Graddy family in Hopkins Co., > KY originated in Duplin Co., NC, there is some possibility that my > GGrandfather Williams family might also. > Carol > > Carol Williams wrote: > Carol > > What is the connection between the Williams in Duplin Co., NC and those > that > were in KY to TX? My half-uncles line is in KY, AR, TX. My husband's line > is all Onslow/Duplin Co., NC. My husband and uncle look alot alike and to > see pictures of my step grandfather and my husband grandfather you would > think they were brothers. Plus my husband and uncles personalities are > almost the same. I am sure that they have to be related and that it all > started in NC. > > Carol Williams > in Texas > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Huff" > To: > Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 8:26 PM > Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] Williams of Lavaca, Arkansas to Oklahoma > > >>I too, have a J.B. (James B., we believe possibly the B. is Benjamin, as >>his Father was Benjamin) Williams. Our J.B. was bn in Hopkins Co., KY abt >>1845. He married Mary Ann Pullam in W.KY in 1865. About 1885 he, his >>family, and other Williams family members migrated to Dunklin Co., MO. >> While searching for our J. B. Williams, as we didn't know his date or >> place of death, I ran across a J.B. & Mary Ann Williams in Latimer Co., >> OK. >> We suspect that the Grandfather; i.e., the Father of Benjamin, was named >> Thomas. >> If anyone needs further data re these W.KY families, I have some 20 >> years accumulation on them and extended families. >> related surnames: Pullam, Watson, Graddy, Skinner, >> Canada/Canaday/Kennedy, Moore, Cox, McClure, Harris, Crowell. All of >> these families were in W.KY migrating to MO, TX & IT/OK. The Graddy >> family was also in Duplin Co., NC along with Williams', Whitfield & >> Outlaw. >> Carol Williams Huff >> >> F2bemee@wmconnect.com wrote: >> Searching for the family of J B Williams b. 1857/58 >> may have connections to Golightly, Loudermilk, Didway families >> Sons: Francis A., John D. and Thomas Williams. >> >> Always do right. >> This will gratify some people & astonish the rest. -Mark Twain- >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WILLIAMS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >