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Wyatt Nunn Williams

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Wyatt Nunn Williams

Birth
Crockett County, Tennessee, USA
Death
15 Jan 1885 (aged 70)
Felton, Haralson County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Felton, Haralson County, Georgia, USA
Plot
Row # 32, at the far end
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Wyatt Williams was my great-great-grandfather. He he had a plantation in the Buchanan, Georgia area and a mansion in town. He didn't like the idea of slavery, so he would purchase slaves and when he figured they had worked off what he paid for them, he would give them their freedom papers. However, he was so well-liked that many stayed on as hired hands.

When the Civil War arose, he decided that the South couldn't win, so he took his money and put it in Northern banks. So, after the war when many people were destitute, he still had all of his money.

After the death of his 1st wife, he married his maid (my great-great-grandmother). The children from the first marriage were said to be upset by this union. The story goes that when he passed away, his wife (2nd wife) was illiterate and the children from his 1st wife cheated her and their children together out of his estate. They did set her up with a home and did take care of her financially.

He was ordained a Deacon with Bethlehem Baptist Church in Haralson County, Georgia in 1854. He later was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He was a judge and also in the Georgia State Legislature. He donated the land for the first LDS Church in Georgia.

He was known as a kind, well-loved person.
Wyatt Williams was my great-great-grandfather. He he had a plantation in the Buchanan, Georgia area and a mansion in town. He didn't like the idea of slavery, so he would purchase slaves and when he figured they had worked off what he paid for them, he would give them their freedom papers. However, he was so well-liked that many stayed on as hired hands.

When the Civil War arose, he decided that the South couldn't win, so he took his money and put it in Northern banks. So, after the war when many people were destitute, he still had all of his money.

After the death of his 1st wife, he married his maid (my great-great-grandmother). The children from the first marriage were said to be upset by this union. The story goes that when he passed away, his wife (2nd wife) was illiterate and the children from his 1st wife cheated her and their children together out of his estate. They did set her up with a home and did take care of her financially.

He was ordained a Deacon with Bethlehem Baptist Church in Haralson County, Georgia in 1854. He later was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He was a judge and also in the Georgia State Legislature. He donated the land for the first LDS Church in Georgia.

He was known as a kind, well-loved person.

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