Captain Henry Williams,

Battle of New Orleans,
War of 1812 Veteran.

Son of
Joel Williams and
Penalify Williams

Husband of
Mary "Polly" Williams

Father of
Nancy Williams
Oran Williams
Joel Williams
Garrett Williams
Mourning Williams
Henderson Williams
Clinton Williams
Joseph Williams
Philandrew Williams
Henry Bolen (Boyling) Williams
Elizabeth Jane Williams

The Samuel and Pilgrim Williams' Families
of Nash County, North Carolina were
mostly large landowners. However by
1800, the many sons of Pilgrim Williams
had produced many sons of their own.
These sons in turn were producing more
sons. Henry Williams had not acquired
as much land as some of his brothers,
and by 1820 had found himself the father
of a large family of sons. These sons
needed land on which to build homes.
Henry did not have land to give them.

Henry was a Captain in the U. S. Army
during the War of 1812, garrisoned at
North Carolina, and was sent to the
Battle of New Orleans, upon request
by General Andrew Jackson, they were
lifelong friends.

By 1829, Henry had decided to go
southwest in search of more land.
Land was of course during these years
the essence of livelihood and wealth.
Acquisition of land was the primary
motivation for the movement from Nash
County residents to Alabama, Mississippi,
and later to Texas during this era.
Henry Williams and his entire family
were among the first to leave Nash
County, N.C. for Alabama. He took
his family, married and single, with
him to Pickens County, Alabama.

The Pickens County courthouse burned
in the late 1800's leaving no records
available except a few meager land
grants. One of these shows only a 40
acre grant for Henry Williams, and a
similar 40 acres for his son Oran.
It is evident that there was
disappointment over acquiring land
in Pickens County so his son,
Henderson Williams
and others of Henry's sons moved to
Rankin County, Mississippi, where
Henderson taught school, became a
justice of the peace, and married
Emily Wofford.

They eventually, moved on to Texas,
after the death of, Henry and Mary
"Polly" Williams.

Their sons and daughter settled, lived,
raised there families, in Texas and
are buried their in Texas.
Their son's and daughter's that stayed in
Rankin County, Miss. are buried in the
Williams Cemetery in Rankin County,
next to their mother, Mary "Polly" Williams.

Henry Williams,
(my great-great-great-great-grandfather)
by J.B. Williams