And I'm not sure this will be of much help as you are probably already familiar with Maud Carter Clement's book "The History of Pittsylvania County". And while I don't usually consider books such as this as documented evidence, it still may offer clues and help someone else sort some of this out and come forward. On page 139, Clement wrote that Robert Williams and his brother Col. Joseph settled in North Carolina prior to the revolution, married sisters Sarah & Rebecca Lanier, daughters of Thomas Lanier, an early justice of Lunenberg County who later moved to NC (at this point, Clement quoted Wheeler's "Reminiscences of North Carolina" as her source). Clement went on to say that Sarah Lanier & Rob't Williams were married October 10, 1774 (marriage bond at Oxford, NC) and moved to Pittsylvania County, settled near Sandy Creek of Banister River. There he practiced law and served as Commonwealth Attorney for Pittsylvania and Henry counties. He died in 1790 and the inventory of his estate showed much silver, books, and elegance of living; he left no will but in 1799 there was a division of his estate as follows: To Col. John Williams & wife Elizabeth 617 acres incl. Manor Plantation on Sandy Creek / To Nathaniel W. Williams 1540 acres beginning on John White's line, taking in the mill / To Micajah Watkins & wife Sarah 240 acres and 1556 acres / To Patsy Williams 279 acres, the balance of 2866 acres land of the Manor Plantation, 147 acres, the mill tract 168 acres on Cascade Creek / To Fanny Williams 200, 296 and 790 acres. At the bottom of Clement's listing of the division of the estate is a note 'Patsy Williams married John Henry of Woodlawn'. I am researching the children of my 4th great grandparents William & Lucy Terry Williams of colonial Pittsylvania County. And my biggest stumbling block has been their son John. The Sandy Creek area is where some of my Williams ancestors lived. There is a marriage bond 7-16-1792 for a John Williams and Elizabeth Williams (R. Williams is noted as the father - but it is not clear of which one he is the father). I have not been able to prove so far that this is "my" John. And I don't know if this is the John & Elizabeth Williams refered to in the 1799 division of Robert Williams' estate. In your Bio #2 you mention this Robert Williams was a cousin of "John Williams and Lewis Williams". My John Williams did have a brother Lewis. But there were so many "Williams" - John and otherwise. If any of the above helps anyone out there, I'd love to hear about it. Sorting out all these Williamses will take another 20 years at least, I suspect.