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Squire W. Williams

Birth
Westmoreland, Sumner County, Tennessee, USA
Death
1901 (aged 70–71)
Burial
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Married Elizabeth Jane Helson Mar 6, 1857 Sumner County, Tennessee

1830-Sumner Co. census lists Dance: 20102001-000101 which translates as:
1 male 50-60 ....Dance(54)
2 males 20-30 ....Squire(22) & James Williams (abt. 20)? Josiah R. Brown b. 1809 (21) who married Nanch A. Dalton.?
1 male 10-15 .....James(15)
2 males 0-5 ......probably Anna's 2 surviving sons: John Thos.(2) & Squire W. Williams. She had died and John still living.
1 female 30-40 ...Keziah(50?)
1 female 15-20 ...Edith(17)

1840-Sumner Co. census lists Dance: 011000001-00000001 which translates as:
1 male 5-10 .....Squire Williams-b. 1830 (Anna's son) b. 1830-1835)
1 male 10-15.....John J. Williams-b. 1826 (Anna's son) (b. 1825-1830)
1 male 60-70 ....Dance(64)(b. 1770-1780)
1 female 50-60...Keziah(60)(b. 1780-1790)

1850-census Dist 15, Sumner County, TN taken on Oct 30, 1850:
Dance Brown 73
Sarah Brown 52
Squire Williams 20 farmer born Tennessee

Civil War: Sumner Co., Tn. In the civil war, by E.L. Ferguson; Squire Williams: 3rd Sgt. Co. Fa, 2nd Cavalry Battallion; Horse value $185.00 in Co.
B after consolidation. Captured in Sumner Co. March 9, 1862. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. Exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 25, 1862.

1860 census: Sumner Co., Tn. pg. 280, line 909
S.P. Williams 30 farmer / $336 NC
Elizabeth 25 F. can't read/write NC
Martin 3 male TN
Sarah Jane 1 Female TN
Frances Helson 14 F Tn (this is Elizabeth's sister who later married Martin Green Brown)

1870 census: Sumner Co, Tn. Dist #15, pg 789 Ln. 129
S.W. Williams 40 TN
Eliz. 35 TN
Martn 12 female TN
S.J. 11 female Tn
J.H. 6 male TN
M.A. 3 female KY
James Tooley 20 male VA

1876 deed Sumner Co., Tn. Book 36 pg. 305
I James Brown sell quick claim unto Squire W. Williams for $186. A tract of land formerly belonging to the estate of Dance dec'd, lying in Sumner Co., Tn. dist. 315 south of Walker's line west of Cumnberland River on the waters of Garretts Cr. Beginning southwest corner of Dance Brown's 100 acre survey, containing 125 acres. ___ ___ 1876. James Brown wit: J.P. Brown, T.J. Williams Registered 5 Mar, 1885.

1880 census: Sumner Co., Tn. dist #12 pg. 196 line 317
Squire W. Williams 50 male TN TN TN
Eliz. 46 F TN Germany Tn.
John H. son 15 male TN TN TN
M. Alice Daug 11 fem. TN TN TN
Lee son 9 male TN TN TN

1962 pg. #3 some details of our community's past, by A. L. Nimmo:
Then there was Berry Gregory, father of Arch, Ellis, Floyd, Porter, andLuther Gregory. His wife was a daughter of Old Squire Williams and a sister to John Henry, Lee, and Martin Williams.
Married Elizabeth Jane Helson Mar 6, 1857 Sumner County, Tennessee

1830-Sumner Co. census lists Dance: 20102001-000101 which translates as:
1 male 50-60 ....Dance(54)
2 males 20-30 ....Squire(22) & James Williams (abt. 20)? Josiah R. Brown b. 1809 (21) who married Nanch A. Dalton.?
1 male 10-15 .....James(15)
2 males 0-5 ......probably Anna's 2 surviving sons: John Thos.(2) & Squire W. Williams. She had died and John still living.
1 female 30-40 ...Keziah(50?)
1 female 15-20 ...Edith(17)

1840-Sumner Co. census lists Dance: 011000001-00000001 which translates as:
1 male 5-10 .....Squire Williams-b. 1830 (Anna's son) b. 1830-1835)
1 male 10-15.....John J. Williams-b. 1826 (Anna's son) (b. 1825-1830)
1 male 60-70 ....Dance(64)(b. 1770-1780)
1 female 50-60...Keziah(60)(b. 1780-1790)

1850-census Dist 15, Sumner County, TN taken on Oct 30, 1850:
Dance Brown 73
Sarah Brown 52
Squire Williams 20 farmer born Tennessee

Civil War: Sumner Co., Tn. In the civil war, by E.L. Ferguson; Squire Williams: 3rd Sgt. Co. Fa, 2nd Cavalry Battallion; Horse value $185.00 in Co.
B after consolidation. Captured in Sumner Co. March 9, 1862. Sent to Camp Chase, Ohio. Exchanged at Vicksburg, Miss., Aug. 25, 1862.

1860 census: Sumner Co., Tn. pg. 280, line 909
S.P. Williams 30 farmer / $336 NC
Elizabeth 25 F. can't read/write NC
Martin 3 male TN
Sarah Jane 1 Female TN
Frances Helson 14 F Tn (this is Elizabeth's sister who later married Martin Green Brown)

1870 census: Sumner Co, Tn. Dist #15, pg 789 Ln. 129
S.W. Williams 40 TN
Eliz. 35 TN
Martn 12 female TN
S.J. 11 female Tn
J.H. 6 male TN
M.A. 3 female KY
James Tooley 20 male VA

1876 deed Sumner Co., Tn. Book 36 pg. 305
I James Brown sell quick claim unto Squire W. Williams for $186. A tract of land formerly belonging to the estate of Dance dec'd, lying in Sumner Co., Tn. dist. 315 south of Walker's line west of Cumnberland River on the waters of Garretts Cr. Beginning southwest corner of Dance Brown's 100 acre survey, containing 125 acres. ___ ___ 1876. James Brown wit: J.P. Brown, T.J. Williams Registered 5 Mar, 1885.

1880 census: Sumner Co., Tn. dist #12 pg. 196 line 317
Squire W. Williams 50 male TN TN TN
Eliz. 46 F TN Germany Tn.
John H. son 15 male TN TN TN
M. Alice Daug 11 fem. TN TN TN
Lee son 9 male TN TN TN

1962 pg. #3 some details of our community's past, by A. L. Nimmo:
Then there was Berry Gregory, father of Arch, Ellis, Floyd, Porter, andLuther Gregory. His wife was a daughter of Old Squire Williams and a sister to John Henry, Lee, and Martin Williams.


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