Richard Williams was the son of George Williams of Prince George County, Maryland. He married Prudence Bates [Beal], and soon after 1750 moved to Guilford, N.C.
He gave his home as a hospital after and during the Battle of Guilford Court House, and forty acres of land for a cemetery in which the dead soldiers were buried. He died of smallpox contracted while nursing soldiers after the battle. He was an ardent Quaker.
SOURCE: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application for William Kossuth Steiner, Descendant of Richard Williams, accepted for approval March 21, 1924)
He gave his home as a hospital after and during the Battle of Guilford Court House, and forty acres of land for a cemetery in which the dead soldiers were buried. He died of smallpox contracted while nursing soldiers after the battle. He was an ardent Quaker.
SOURCE: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application for William Kossuth Steiner, Descendant of Richard Williams, accepted for approval March 21, 1924)
Richard Williams was the son of George Williams of Prince George County, Maryland. He married Prudence Bates [Beal], and soon after 1750 moved to Guilford, N.C.
He gave his home as a hospital after and during the Battle of Guilford Court House, and forty acres of land for a cemetery in which the dead soldiers were buried. He died of smallpox contracted while nursing soldiers after the battle. He was an ardent Quaker.
SOURCE: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application for William Kossuth Steiner, Descendant of Richard Williams, accepted for approval March 21, 1924)
He gave his home as a hospital after and during the Battle of Guilford Court House, and forty acres of land for a cemetery in which the dead soldiers were buried. He died of smallpox contracted while nursing soldiers after the battle. He was an ardent Quaker.
SOURCE: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Application for William Kossuth Steiner, Descendant of Richard Williams, accepted for approval March 21, 1924)
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