Abel Williams (1787 - bef. 1869)

Born 1787 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Jones) Williams — married 1808 (to 1838) in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

Husband of Mary (Fields) Williams — married 1840 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died before 1869 before age 82 in Union, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Abel was born about 1787. He passed away before 1870.

Sources

• "Campbell County Tax Returns." 1818 Joseph Peterson List: Abel Williams, 140 acres, 1 tithe. Also Silas Williams, 1 tithe, 1 town lot. TnGenWeb. Accessed 11 Feb 2022.
• "Blanche Priddy Bible," Cross City Connections, Vol.15, No.3, (March 2007), Corinth, MS: Alcorn County Genealogical Society, pp 23-26. NOTE: Ancestors and descendants, names identifying ancestral generations, births, deaths, marriages, and issue for the following: Abel Williams/ Polly Jones "my great-grandparents", James M. Oakes/ Jane B. Norton "my great-grandparents" (10 issue listed), William Donaldson/ Sarah Wallace "my great-grandparents", Andrew Hill/ Juliet Campbell "my great-grandparents", Clark Tansy Williams/ Frances Ann Oaks, "my grandparents", Joseph Wallace Donaldson/ Rachel Amanda Hill "my grandparents" (11 issue listed), James Calvin Williams/ Juliet Louise Donaldson "my parents", (7 issue listed) Annie Blanche Williams/ Hardee Banister Priddy (1 issue listed), Raymond Forest Priddy/ Virginia Elizabeth Wiley (2 issue listed), Raymond Wiley Priddy/ Anna Marie Moyers, Martha Mae Priddy/ Richard Franklin Adams, Bertha Williams/ Richard Wallace Smith, Williams generations: 6 listed, Priddy generations: 6 listed, list of marriages, some living, list of births; many living, deaths listed separate (Richard Wallace Smith, Jr, H. B. Priddy, Raymond Forrest Priddy. NOTE: "This Bible for Martha Mae"
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 August 2018), memorial page for Annie Blanche Williams Priddy (24 Jul 1876–25 Dec 1977), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10464702, citing Wheeler Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wheeler Grove Community, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Juliet Wills (contributor 49098574) Annie Blanche Williams Priddy and Holy Bible Photos (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10464702/annie-blanche-priddy)
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 24 August 2018), memorial page for Abel Williams (1787–1870), Find A Grave Memorial no. 169714933, citing Baker Family Cemetery, Union County, Mississippi, USA ; Maintained by Juliet Wills (contributor 49098574) (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169714933/abel-williams)
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LF-D5R : 29 October 2019), Abel Williams, Pontotoc county, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing family 1013, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Accessed FamilySearch 16 Sept 2017.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6GN-7VS : 14 December 2017), Abel Williams, 1860. Accessed FamilySearch 16 Sep 2017.
• Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Abel Williams, Docu. No. 9298, 320.96 acres, Issued 11/16/1840; United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Land Patent, Docu. No. 9298, Issued 11/16/1840; 320.96 acres; https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS2920__.293&docClass=STA&sid=azpj4nzv.1kf#patentDetailsTabIndex=0 (Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Abel Williams, Docu. No. 9298, 320.96 acres, Issued 11/16/1840, Chickasaw Meridian, Twp 007S, Range 004E, E½ Section 5, Union County) Accessed 7 Nov 2019.
• Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Abel Williams, Document No. 9412, 159.94 acres, Issued 4/9/1842; United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Land Patent, Document No. 9412, 159.94 acres, Issue Date 4/9/1842; https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS2920__.407&docClass=STA&sid=azpj4nzv.1kf (Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Abel Williams, Document No. 9412, 159.94 acres, Issued 4/9/1842, Chickasaw Meridian, Twp 007S, Range 004E, NE¼ Section 7, Union County) Accessed 7 Nov 2019.
• Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Jesse Hughes & Abel Williams, Docu. No. 10904, 160.20 acres, Issued 4/9/1842; United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records, Land Patent, Document No. 10904, 160.20 acres, Issued 4/9/1842; https://glorecords.blm.gov/details/patent/default.aspx?accession=MS2950__.397&docClass=STA&sid=azpj4nzv.1kf (Pontotoc, Mississippi, Land Patent: Jesse Hughes & Abel Williams, Docu. #10904, 160.20 acres, Issued 4/9/1842, Chickasaw Meridian, Twp 007S, Range 004E, SW¼ Section 6, Union Co.) Accessed 7 Nov 2019.