Lowndes County AlArchives Biographies.....Williamson, James Spullock 1808 - 
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Source: Alabama:  Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men: From 1540 to 1872," published 1872, Montgomery County, Alabama, page329
Author: Willis Brewer

James Spullock Williamson, son of the preceding (Peter Williamson), was a native 
of Georgia, and born in 1808.  He was a planter, and man of excellent intellect 
and sound judgment.  He served the county as a legislator, and in the 
constitutional convention of 1861.  Entering the service of his country as captain 
of a company in the 14th Alabama regiment, he was killed, close to the enemy’s 
breastworks, in a last victorious charge at Frazier’s Farm.  He was in command of 
the regiment at the time, Lieut. Col. Bain, Major Wood, and three captains having 
already fallen.  His widow and children reside in the county, where he has 
numerous relatives.

Additional Comments:
James Spullock Williamson married Eugenia Carolina Read on May 12, 1852 in 
Lowndes County, Alabama.  They had at least three children:  
1.	 A. Fort Williamson, born about 1853, married Mattie E. Brooks on 
December 21, 1876; had at least one daughter, Mary Read Williamson who married 
William Glenn “Will” Forehand.
2.	Hugh Read Williamson, born December 3, 1857, died October 6, 1918, 
married Susan Lee Robertson on May 9, 1880 in Lowndes County, Alabama; had at 
least nine children:  James S Williamson; Sarah Jane Robertson; John Robertson 
Williamson; Eugenia Read Williamson; Susan B. Williamson; Hugh H. Williamson; 
Nathan Hubert Williamson; Charles Joseph Williamson; and Mary E. Williamson.
3.	Mary E. Williamson, m. Charles E. Brooks on April 18, 1886 in Lowndes 
County, Alabama; no known children.


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