Robert Williams (1814 - 1903)

Born 5 Apr 1814 in Sampson Co., North Carolina

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Descendants

Died 5 May 1903 at age 89 in Sampson, North Carolina

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Biography

Robert Williams was born April 5, 1814 to Daniel Williams and Mary Maxwell.

He married his second cousin, Margaret Williams. (Note that her brother was also named Robert Williams, and he married THIS Robert's sister Jennett, so confusion is easy when reviewing records.)

Robert died on May 5, 1903 in Sampson Co., North Carolina. He is buried beside Margaret in the Joe Moore Hill Cemetery in Autryville, NC.

Slaves

At the 1860 census, Robert enslaved 9 people in one slave house^[1]; 4 of them (all described as "mulatto") were ticked as "fugitive from the state," but as all mulatto slaves on this census sheet are marked as fugitive, it is most likely that this particular census-taker was using the column as a tick-box to tally.

1. F 34 B
2. M 17 B
3. F 14 M (f?)
4. F 12 M (f?)
5. F 10 M (f?)
6. F 9 B
7. M 6 M (f?)
8. M 2 B
9. F 1 B

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WK5T-TMT2 : 16 October 2019), Robert Williams, 1860.

See also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4BN-15R : 12 April 2016), Robert L Williams, Rockingham county, Rockingham, North Carolina, United States; citing family 704, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWD9-3MX : 12 April 2016), Robert Williams, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 11, family 80, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,658.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXP-CTG : 19 August 2017), Robert Williams, Dismal, Sampson, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 198, sheet 183C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0982; FHL microfilm 1,254,982.
• Family group sheet from Kimbel descendant. Jillian Kern has paper copy and can scan on request.
• Grave information on Find A Grave.