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  • Name Sampson Williams 
    Born Feb 08, 1825  Hancock county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Hawkins county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Died
    Notes 
    • From: Hancock County Tennessee and It's People 1989 "Williams and Turner". About 1842 the Moses Williams family, except Sampson and Riley, moved to the Owsley/Jackson Counties area of Kentucky, then in 1871 to Madison County, Arkansas. Sampson Williams remained at War Creek until about 1861 when he moved to the 7th District near the old post offices of Xerxes and Xenophen. He served as deputy sheriff of Hancock county for 13 years during which time he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He engaged in law practice with Captain L. M. Jarvis and also with McDermott & Kyle fo Rogersville during which time he defended cases in the county, circuit, and Federal courts. He served as US Commissioner for 5 years from 1881, and was a Justice of the Peace for many years.
      Sampson's first wife was Lydia Brewer (August 6, 1818-August 29, 1892), daughter of Frederick Brewer, Sr.  by whom he had six children. Sampson the married Orlean Brewer, daughter of Samuel Russell and Mary (McCully) Cloud Brewer and had eight more children.
      From History of Tennessee by Goodspeed Publishing: Sampson Williams, lawyer and planter, was born in Hancock County, February 8, 1825, the son of Moses and Nancy (Wilder) Williams, natives of Tennessee; the former of French lineage, born about 1802 and deceased in Madison County, AR. about 1877, and the latter born about 1800, still living in that county. Moses, her husband, was in the war of 1812, from which she now receives a pension. The parents were married in Hawkins County, and up to 1842, were farmers within eight miles of Sneedville, but then removed to Kentucky. In 1869, they went to Arkansas. The father was a Whig, and both were strict members of the Missionary Baptist Church.
      Our subject, one of eleven children, grew up in the country, and has always chiefly engaged in farming. In 1861 he came to his present farm, embracing 500 acres, with other farms making his possesions 700 acres. In 1848 he became deputy sheriff, for thirteen years, during which time he read law, so as to be admitted in 1877, since which time he had been a prominent attorney in the county, circuit, and Federal courts. He has been a justice for twenty years, and for five years, from 1881, was United States commisioner. In 1884 he and his son, John, made a tour through the North and Canada. Our subject's family consists of his wife and five children. Himself and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church, and he is a Prohibitionist.
    Person ID I110474  mykindred
    Last Modified Jul 21, 2006 

    Father Moses Williams,   b. circa 1802, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1877, Madison county, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Nancy Wilder,   b. circa 1800, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Madison county, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Hawkins county, Tennessee. Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F36242  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Orlena "Arlena" Brewer,   b. Oct 26, 1847, Hawkins county, Tennessee. Find all individuals with events at this location,   d.
    Married Between 1860 and 1870 
    Children 
     1. Mertelia "Mertie" Williams,   b. Apr 13, 1870, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 25, 1958  (Age 87 years)
     2. Martha Williams,   b. Sep 25, 1872, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     3. Sidney Williams,   b. Nov 17, 1874, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     4. Mary Williams,   b. Jul 11, 1877, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     5. Nellie Williams,   b. Apr 01, 1881, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     6. Hugh Williams,   b. Dec 10, 1889, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
     7. Joseph Williams,   b. Dec 22, 1891, Mansfield, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Y
    Family ID F36240  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lydia Brewer,   b. Aug 06, 1828, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 29, 1892  (Age 64 years) 
    Married Jan 30, 1845  [6
    Children 
     1. George Williams,   b. circa 1846,   d. Y
     2. Dorcas Williams,   b. circa 1848,   d. Y
     3. Nancy Williams,   b. circa 1849,   d. Y
     4. John Williams,   b. circa 1853,   d. Y
     5. Lydia Williams,   b. Apr 28, 1854, Hancock county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 24, 1933, Hancock county, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     6. James Williams,   b. circa 1858,   d. Y
    Family ID F36239  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1812] Shaw, Vinita Lynch.

    2. [S1741] Gedcom - Milligan, Brent.

    3. [S1815] Stapleton, Paul, "A Stapleton Family" at worldconnect.rootsweb.com.

    4. [S136] 1860 US federal census, TN, Hancock county.

    5. [S4251] 1850 US federal census, TN, Hancock county.

    6. [S1814] History of Tennessee.