11-21-2024
Shaking the family tree...
Williams Family
Notes:
I'm late to this party. My mom, Carolyn Williams Stone, my sisters, Sheri and Melanie, and my cousin, Erma Gay Garner Sakich, have all done real research. They got me interested and active in this. Below is what I could find online.
My goal is to learn about our family, and invite others to add to it. The links and photos hopefully make it interesting, and allow for more research. I'll keep updating and adding people and pictures as possible.
Hopefully we can keep the family history available and easy to find for the next generations.
The Eight - George H. Williams, Sr. and Lella Bell Bryan, my great grandparents, had eight children. These eight are the aunts, uncles, and grandparents we grew up with. Below, They are numbered by birth. Judson is 1 of 8, etc. Judson, Ella Ruth, George, Winnell, Jemimah, Cullie, Elizabeth, and Charles. Their families and children and grandchildren are listed as best I can find that information.
At Sherrod, my fourth great grandfather, the line gets fuzzy.
Wikitree claims James Patillo Williams as Sherrod's father. (link below)
Find-a-grave claims John Henderson WIlliams as Sherrod's father. (link below)
I'll follow both below. My mom, Gay, and a distant cousin, Frank Williams, all say there is no proof of which one is correct. Hopefully as more eyes are on this, and better research is done, the path will become clear.
Oldest relatives are at the top, more recent at the bottom.
John Williams 1679-1755
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150360317/john_williams
Mary Ann Keeling Williams 1684-1755
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150360209/mary_ann_williams
Daniel Williams 1710-1759
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150360540/daniel_williams
Ursula Clark Henderson WIlliams 1709-1765
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150361039/ursula_clark_williams
James Henderson Williams 11-10-1740, 10-7-1780
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54701368/james_henderson_williams
Mary Clark Wallace Griffin Williams 1743 - 1804
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28175426/mary_clark_griffin_williams
OR
James Patillo Williams?
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-17213
two different links claim to be Sherrod's parents...^
James Sherrod Williams 1776-1831 -
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-8784
Mary Ann Looney 13 sons, 7 daughters
The two photos above are from November 2024. The Franklin County Tennessee veterans flags are displayed every year. Sherrod served during the War of 1812. His flag was in front of the high school. To be remembered 212 years after your military service is amazing to me.
Lent Williams 1817-1900 -
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49953810/lent_williams
Violet Mcilheran 5 sons, 5 daughters
John Williams 1845-1917 -
Ella K. Corn 1852-1899 3 sons, 4 daughters
George H. Williams Sr. 1870-1938 -
Lela Belle Bryan 1886-1965 3 sons, 5 daughters
https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/lela-bell-bryan-24-2ppv3lh
1 of 8
Rufus Judson Williams 1913-1998 - Ethel Adell Jones 2 sons, 2 daughters
Ethel Adell Jones Williams b 3-11-1916, d 8-12-2010
https://www.kilgorefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Ethel-Jones-Williams?obId=28478206
(4 children)
James Robert Williams infant son
Carolyn Williams Stone / S.W. Stone Jr. (3 children)
Melanie Stone / Leslie Herky Holt
Sheri Stone Mason / Michael Lee Mason (1 child)
Claire Mason
Steven W. Stone / Terri Lee Jolley (3 children)
Karen Stone Purdon / Ryan Purdom (1 child)
Rylee Adell Purdom
Robin Nicole Stone Fair / Zackary Fair (1 child)
Elliott Fair
William Turner Stone
Bill Williams / Helen McPeters (2 children)
https://www.pacestancil.com/obituaries/william-bill-judson-williams
Suzanne Williams Troeger / John Troeger (1 child)
Martha Troeger
Taylor Williams / (1 child)
Conlin Williams
Kay Williams Guess / Randall Guess (1 child)
Erik Guess (2 children)
Ian Guess
Edward Guess
Ella Ruth Williams Garner
https://www.kilgorefuneralhome.com/obituaries/Ella-Ruth-Garner?obId=28478383