John Williams (abt. 1800)

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Morning Star Williams was the daughter of John Williams and Lucy. Morning's daughter, Harriett Catherine (Walden) Pitts applied to get on the Indian rolls claiming she was a Cherokee Indian. On those documents she named Morning's parents as John Williams and Lucy of Greasy Rock in East Tennessee.

Greasy Rock later became Sneedville. "When Hancock County was formed from parts of Hawkins and Claiborne counties in the 1840s, Greasy Rock was chosen as the county seat. The town was renamed in honor of William Henry Sneed (1812–1869)."^[1]

There were three John Williams listed in the 1830 census of Hawkins County, Tennessee:

Williams,

John, p. 16 102101|021101 ^[2]

Living near Edward Williams

John, p. 50 000001|2200000^[3]

John, p. 61 00000001|^[4]

There were two John Williams in the 1836 tax list.

There were also three John Williams in 1840 Hawkins County, Tennessee:

1840 Hawkins County, Tennessee Census

Williams,

John, p. 206 1200001|0000001^[5]

John, p. 234 00001|20001^[6]

John, p. 247 0121001|1000001^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneedville,_Tennessee
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-Z72 : accessed 25 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing 16, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-874 : accessed 25 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing 50, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-8V8 : accessed 25 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing 61, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 178; FHL microfilm 24,536.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-RB8 : accessed 26 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 206, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 526; FHL microfilm 24,546.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-T62 : accessed 26 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 234, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 526; FHL microfilm 24,546.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYL-Y2L : accessed 26 March 2016), John Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 247, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 526; FHL microfilm 24,546.

• Information on application card for Indian enrollment by Harriett (Walden) Pitts where she names her paternal grandparents as John Williams and Lucy.