Andy, Much of the Warren Co.NC Williams history is intermingled with that of the Alston families of the same area, including that of old Edgecombe County. There is a book that was written years ago called something like "The Alston & Allston families of North Carolina & South Carolina", and it has quite a good lineage of the families. It may be available at libraries, and I've seen parts of it online, and I also believe it may be one of the books on Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com, I'm not sure. Also you may want to try a Google search for the name of the book or individual because there are lots of people who have done research on those families, one of them might have some clue for you on Thomas Williams. Deloris Williams ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anderson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 1:42 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Re: Stewart, Weakley & Henry Cos TN > I'm also looking forward to learning the name of the book on the Williams > families of Stewart County. > > Am wondering if some of the Williamses of Stewart Co TN didn't come there > from NC in the same migration that brought Reuben Biggs and his wife > Sally. I believe Sally was the Sarah Williams who was named as a daughter > in the 1792 will of James Williams in Beaufort Co NC . James had "other > children" not named in the will, as well as a daughter Nancy Jolley. > James' father, named in the will, was Thomas Williams. > > The 1796 will of Thomas Williams of Beaufort Co names his grandchildren. > James' children may be among them. The grandchildren, according to an > abstract, were Luke, Cansaday, Bertimos(?), Lettice or Lennice, Elizabeth > and Winifred Williams, and Salley Biggs. Kedar and Reuben Biggs and James > Williams were executors. > > Reuben and Sally's daughter gave two of her sons the middle names of > Williams and Alston, which makes me think there may be a connection to the > Samuel Williams - Elizabeth Alston family mentioned at > http://209.190.235.73/genes/db/browse.cfm/ID/17828 . > > I'd like to hear from anyone who may be able to tie Thomas Williams of > Beaufort Co into the Alston-Williams family of Edgecombe Co. I have no > details on Thomas beyond those given in his will, which showed his wife's > name at that time as Anna. > > Andy Anderson >