TX Family Group Sheet for Thomas WILLIAMS Family Submitted by: Paula Sue Jones Email address: *********************************************** Copyright by submitter. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Husband: Thomas WILLIAMS Birthdate: 1757/1758 Birthplace: North Carolina Death date: July 3,1835 Place of death: Rusk, Cherokee Co. Texas Father: Mother: Marriage date: Marriage place: Wife: Maria Priscilla BROOKS Birthdate: 1756 Birthplace: Death date: July 7,1834 Place of death: Texas Father: Mother: CHILDREN Child No. 1: John WILLIAMS Sex: M Birthdate: 1788 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 11 Jul 1835 Place of death: Techuacana Springs Texas Marriage date: 1808 Marriage place: Texas Spouse's name: Rebecca ? Child No. 2: Brooks WILLIAMS Sex: M Birthdate: Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 7 Mar 1836 Place of death: Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Leonard G.WILLIAMS Sex: M Birthdate: 1802 Birthplace: Death date: April 14, 1854 Place of death: Limestone Co. Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Nancy ISSACS Child No. 4: William WILLIAMS Sex: M Birthdate: Oct.25,1803 Birthplace: Weakley County, Tennessee Death date: 14 May 1894 Place of death: Ranger, Eastland County, Texas Marriage date: 1827 Marriage place: Nacogdoches, Texas Spouse's name: Lucinda Cinderella BEAN Child No. 5: Mary Polly WILLIAMS Sex: F Birthdate: Mar 1805 Birthplace: Tennessee Death date: 27 Jun 1868 Place of death: Texas Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: William ELLIOTT Child No. 6: Daughter WILLIAMS Sex: F Birthdate: Birthplace: Death date: Place of death: Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Documentation: 1. Handbook of Texas, /handbook/online/articles/cite/handbook/online/WW/fwifp.html. 2. Williams Settlement Census April 21,1835. From the Handbook of Texas WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1757-1835). Thomas Williams, frontier settler, was born in 1757, probably in North Carolina. He lived in Tennessee as late as 1803, and by 1818 he and his family had migrated into Missouri Territory (present Arkansas). Thomas and his wife, Maria Priscilla Williams, and their six children, including John, Leonard, and William, crossed the Red River into Texas at Pecan Point about 1819. According to the 1821 Mexican census Thomas and Priscilla were living in Nacogdoches District. Thomas Williams, his four sons, and two sons-in-law served in the 1826 Fredonian Rebellion. Thomas enlisted with the title of colonel in the company raised by Col. Peter Ellis Bean. According to Bean's testimony, Williams accompanied him in his chase of fugitives to the Sabine River. For his services, Thomas received a Mexican land grant dated March 24, 1829, for one league on the Angelina River in what is now Rusk County. He settled his family and cultivated land there; the area became known as Williams Settlement. According to an 1835 census Thomas and his grandson William were living in Williams Settlement. Thomas was listed as a laborer, and the family was of the Catholic faith. Priscilla died on July 7, 1834, and Thomas died on July 3, 1835. According to Floyd Smith, Thomas Williams' will dated July 16, 1834 and codicil of June 5, 1835 is currently in the Nacogdoches Archieves. Also his information on the Thomas Williams family came from family descendant Anita Jones Adler. His death date is supposedly from William Elliott's diary which says he died July 3, 1835.