Gen. Samuel Humphries Williams

1769 - 1835  (65 years)

• Name	Samuel Humphries Williams
  Prefix	Gen.
  Born	27 Jun 1769	Virginia
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	8212356
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8212356
  1800 Census	1800
  	____, Buncombe Co., NC, p. 192, 00010-10100-05
  Died	24 Apr 1835	Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
  Buried	Aft 24 Apr 1835	Zion Presbyerian Church Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I119	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Edmund "Edman" Williams,   b. 19 Oct 1740, Wales ,   d. 16 Sep 1795, Buffalo Creek, Carter County, Tennessee  (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Lucretia Adams,   b. Abt 1744, Dorchester County, Maryland ,   d. 1802, North Carolina  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	1762	Pitt County, North Carolina
  Family ID	F8121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Davidson,   b. 7 Nov 1777, Iredell County, North Carolina ,   d. 23 May 1849, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	1795
  Children	1. Jane Davidson Williams,   b. 18 May 1799, Carter County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Jan 1870  (Age 70 years)   2. Rachel Moore Williams,   d. Unknown   3. Margaret McConnell Williams,   b. 8 Feb 1801,   d. 30 Nov 1842  (Age 41 years)   4. Lucretia Adams Williams,   b. 20 Jan 1803,   d. 22 Nov 1863  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary S. Williams,   b. 1807,   d. 1872  (Age 65 years)   6. Lavinia Tipton Williams,   b. 11 Nov 1808, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Sep 1878, Louisiana  (Age 69 years)   7. Maria Ruth "Mariah" William,   b. 26 Nov 1812, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Dec 1867, Bedford County, Tennessee  (Age 55 years)   8. Sarah Quincy Williams,   b. 17 Jun 1818, Maury County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Apr 1850, Smithland, Livingston County, Kentucky  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2018
  Family ID	F62	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jun 1769 - Virginia Died - 24 Apr 1835 - Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee Buried - Aft 24 Apr 1835 - Zion Presbyerian Church Cemetery, Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  Letter from Alney McLean to cousin Samuel Stockard This letter had been transcribed and posted on the Tennkin.com site and was saved in 2009 and supplied to me by Kenneth Rickett in October 2018. This site no longer seems to be extant. This letter provides many valuable insights on the McLean and Davidson families but it has several provable errors. None the less, it is a useful testimony to the early history of these families.

  
  

• Notes

  Ruth and General Samuel H. Williams moved from Burke Co., NC to Maury Co., TN, where they both died.  Gen. Williams was Sheriff of Buncombe County, North Carolina, in 1804 and second Sheriff in Maury County, Tennessee.  He and his daughter and son-in-law are buried in Zion Presbyterian Church. ________________________ From FindaGrave: Samuel Williams married Ruth Davidson in 1795. They had 8 children, all girls: Rachel Moore Williams Jane Davidson Williams 1799 –  1850 Margaret McConnell Williams 1801 –  1842 Lucretia Adams Williams 1803 –  1863 Mary S. Williams 1807 –  1872 Lavinia / Lavenia Tipton Williams 1808 –  1878 Maria Ruth Williams 1812 –  1861 Sarah Quincy Williams In 1810, Samuel H. Williams was elected sheriff of Maury County and as such oversaw much of the action in this new section. Then the War of 1812 flared up with the British. Samuel Williams commanded the 46th Regiment, Sixth Brigade of Tennessee Militia of the Second Division, which was under General Andrew Jackson. Whatever rank he ended the war at, afterwards he was always referred to as "General Williams". Apparently the General and Ruth were well to do. He built one of the first brick houses in Maury County about 1820 near Mount Pleasant Pike. In the 1820 census of Maury County, General Williams was the owner of seventeen slaves. By the 1830 census, he owned thirty-four. The general and his wife had eight charming and pretty daughters. Their parents were quite strict about their conduct, and several of the girls attended the George M. Martin School for Young Ladies. The general provided each daughter with a fine horse and side saddle. With their beaux, they made quite a procession to Old Zion Church and other places in Columbia. Samuel and Ruth were active members of Old Zion Presbyterian Church. The general served as chairman of the Zion Church Committee on Sabbath School. They are buried in its churchyard, as are many members of their family.