Do you know if there was a John Williams born about 1800 in South Carolina to this family? John married Elizabeth unknown last name. The only son of this couple was named Edward Williams bone in Alabama Kay Bryant Anderson ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [WILLIAMS] A Williams/Battle Family > Dear Robert, > > My husband descends from the John Williams that you mentioned to the list > who was born in 1762 and married to Marget McCorkle! I need to get out all of > our information on this family, but several researchers in the past have > speculated that John's father could be named either Patrick or William, but > nobody could verify anything. Charles Williams has posted several queries on the > genweb website for NC. Do you know where the 1762 John was born? I'm pretty > sure Marget came to Mecklenburg Co., NC with her parents and family from PA, > but I don't know what date they came. I always wondered if the Williamses > and McCorkles traveled south as part of a group from PA. > > My husband descends from John's and Marget's son John, born in 1791, who > married in Union Co., SC after the whole family moved there from NC. This John > migrated from SC with Mary, his wife, and son Lemuel Rhodes Williams, who was > born in 1814, through Trigg Co.,, KY to IL. They lived in KY long enough > for their son Patrick McCorkle Williams to be born in 1817, then went to > Sangamon Co., IL where other children were born, finally ending up in Hancock Co., > IL, a bit west of SAngamon Co. > > Which of John's and Marget's children do you descend from? > > Sally Williams > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >