The following new message has been added to the Williams Genealogy board under the new topic of John H. Williams-Coosa,Walker Co\'s Alabama... -------------------------------- John H.(Henderson?)Williams b. 1800 N.C. d. March 1891 Walker Co., Ala. m. Mary Mahan, daughter of Thomas Mahan and Naomi Co. b. 1811 Knox Co., Ky. John was a Justice of the Peace in Coosa Co.,Ala. and his name is on many official documents, especially marriage records. According to Bureau of Land Management Records, he purchased land Fayette Co., Elmore Co., Shelby Co., Jeffereson Co. and Dekalb Co's from 1825 to 1886. 1830 Census Coosa Co., Ala was found with no children; there was a Thomas Williams living nearby. 1850 Census Coosa Co., Ala.: Williams, John H. 50 NC farmer 500 Mary 39 Ky Eli 16 Ark? Martha 15 Al James 13 " Milton 11 " George 10 " Mary 7 " David 5 " Dick 3 " Sarah 4/12 On same Census a Robert Williams age 50, wife Sarah, b. NC was found. Possibly a brother of John H.? Around 1861, Mary Mahans sister, Rutha Mahan and husband Charles K. Cotton moved to Anderson Co., Tex., taking with them Martha,James,Mary Louisa, and Sarah, children of John H. Williams and Mary Mahan, with them. What happened to Mary? Who were the parents of John H. Williams?