CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - BIBLES - Williams Family Bible ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Sarah Louise Garriott sgarriott@wal.org ============================================================================ Contributor's Note: Currently the Bible is in the possession of my father, Dennis Lawrence Williams. Williams Family Bible Kimber and Sharpless Stereotype Edition The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues, and with The Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. with Canne's Marginal Notes and References. To which are added, An Index; An Alphabetical Table of all the Names in the Old and New Tetaments, with their significations; Tables of Scripture Weights, Measures, and Coins, etc. Stereotyped by E. White, New-York Philadelphia: Published and Sold by Kimber and Sharpless, At their Book-Store, No. 8 S. 4th St. The Marriage Record for William Williams to Rachel Kemp can be viewed at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/chatham/marriages/wliams07.txt Included in the "Family Record" Pages located between the Old Testament (Apocrypha) and the New Testament in Beautiful, Hand-Written Script are the following: 1st page: Marriages: M.C. & N. Married 9th of July 1847 (this is in reference to Milliken Caleb Williams and Nancy D. Lansing) 2nd page: Births: Richard Williams Was Born 12 m 30- 1786 (m referring to Month) Rachel Williams Was Born 25th -4 m 1786 Sally Williams Was Born 16th-8 m 1806 William Williams Was Born 1st-6 m-1808 Polly Ann Williams Was Born 31st-4 m-1810 John Mills Williams Was Born 24th-10 m 1812 Clarkson Williams Was Born 2nd -6 m 1815 Rhoda Williams Was Born 14th - 2 m-1818 Alfred Williams Was Born 2 8th - 10 m- 1820 Elim Williams Was Born 20th - 2 m-1823 Millican Williams Was Born 29th-1 m-1826 Rachel T. Williams Was Born 14th - 11 m -1828 3rd page: Births Milliken C. Williams Was Born Jan 29th, 1826 (here Milliken is spelled w/ a "k") Nancy D. Williams (Lansing) Was Born Sep 6th, 1830 Josephine Williams Was Born Oct. 27th, 1849 Marilda Leora Williams Was Born August 17th, 1851 Lovina Williams Was Born July 27th, 1853 Eli L. Williams Was Born December 16th, 1855 Schuyler Colfax Williams Was Born July 27th, 1858 Orra Williams Was Born October 19th, 1860 Cora Blanch Williams Was Born June 14th, 1871 4th page: Deaths Clarkson Williams Deceased 10th-8 m - 1834 Aged 19 years 1 month and 10 days Polly Ann Williams Deceased 22nd-4th m - 1836 Aged 25 years 11 months and 22 days Rachel Williams Wife of Richard Williams Deceased the 31st of the 1 month 1849 aged 62 years and 9 months Richard Williams Deceased the 7th Day of the 7th Month 1849 Aged 62 years 6 months and 7 days Lovina Williams Deceased the 6th Day of the 3 month 1856 Aged 2 years 7 months 11 days Enclosed in the Bible is also a beautifully handwritten piece of paper with the following: Eli B. Lansing & Lovina Dille Was Married January 24th 1828. Lovina Dille died June 20, 1862. Eli B. Lansing Was Born March 29-1807 Lovina Lansing Was Born May 29-1808 Aratus Lansing Was born November 29-1828 Nancy Lansing Was Born September 6th, 1830 John Lansing Was Born December 18, 1832 Charlotte K. Lansing Was born January 14th, 1835 Robert Lansing Was Born November 4th, 1838 Rachel Lansing Was Born March 8th , 1841 Martha Lansing Was Born January 2nd 1843 Lodorski Lansing Was Born February 6th, 1845 Lovina Lansing was Born June 4, 1848 Hortense Lansing Was Born June 19, 1850 Arazona Lansing Was Born May 1867 (no day listed) Williams Family Tree Beginning with Self: 1. Sarah Louise Williams (self) married to Jonathan Adam Garriott 2. Dennis Lawrence Williams (Father) 3. Wendell ("Bud") LeRoy Williams (Grandfather) 4. Lawrence Williams (Great Grandfather) 5. Eli Lansing Williams (2 Grandfather) 6. Milliken Caleb Williams (3 Grandfather) 7. Richard Williams (4 Grandfather) 8. William Williams (5 Grandfather) 9. William Williams (6) I have most all death and complete children and family information should anyone be interested in obtaining it. Submitted by: Sarah Louise Garriott 12531 SW 274th Lane Vashon, Washington 98070 Email: sgarriott@wal.org