Hezekiah Ponder Williams (abt. 1828 - 1897)

Born about 1828 in Pearson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States

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Died 18 Feb 1897 at about age 69 in Pearson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States

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Biography

When Hezekiah Ponder Williams was born in 1828 in Ware, Georgia, his father, John, was 29 and his mother, Nancy, was 31. He had four sons and seven daughters with Charlotte Herrin between 1854 and 1875. He died on February 28, 1897, in Clinch, Georgia, at the age of 69, and was buried in Pearson, Georgia.

Hezekiah Ponder Williams, best known as "Ponder" was a lifelong resident of Red Bluff. His homeplace was located about two miles from his parent's home, at lot 194,7th district of Clinch County, which was cut into Atkinson County in 1918.

"When the Civil War begin in April 1861, the Georgia militia was reactivated, and on July 6, 1861, Ponder Williams was elected and commissioned ensign in the Clinch County militia, in the 1061st militia district"

On April 20, 1862, Williams volunteered as a private in Co. "K", 26th Georgia Infantry Regiment, and served until the close of the war. He was however, shown on company rolls on November 5, 1864, as being "sick and absent". He was allowed to return home to the Red Bluff community and was never able to rejoin his command. He was paroled at Thomasville on May 21, 1865.

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1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZY6-PPG : 12 April 2016), Hezekiah Williams in household of John Williams, Ware county, Ware, Georgia, United States; citing family 343, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMJ-5Y1 : 12 April 2016), H P Williams, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCSP-BX4 : 12 April 2016), H [Hezekiah] Pondry [Ponder] Williams, Georgia, United States; citing p. 41, family 306, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,643.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LV-N43 : 19 February 2021), Ponder Williams, Moorres Mill, Clinch, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 39, sheet 577C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,140.
5. ↑ "Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFHP-BNL : 24 December 2014), Hezekiah P Williams, 1865; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 26th Infantry AND 26th Battalion, Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 377.
6. ↑ "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9FM-6TP : 4 December 2014), Hezekiah P. Williams, Private, Company K, 26th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M226 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 65; FHL microfilm 821,764.
7. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-ZBJ7 : 13 December 2015), Hezekiah Ponder Williams, 1897; Burial, Pearson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States of America, Red Bluff Cemetery; citing record ID 7259147, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
8. ↑ Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia by Folks Huxford

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