Lenoir County NcArchives Photo Person.....Williams, James Edward ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Jeannette W. Corcoran annejeanette@earthlink.net February 18, 2008, 12:40 am Source: Personal Name: James Edward Williams Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/photos/williams1280gph.jpg Image file size: 31.9 Kb The youngest son of Col. John Williams and Ann Nancy Ballard Humphrey, John was born August 1840. He married Susan Caroline Noble and they had 8 children. James as not a businessman. They lived in the Woodington community until James lost the homestead by failing to pay a $500.00 debt. His father, Colonel John Williams, deeded the new land to Susan Caroline Noble Williams and children, bypassing James, so the family would have a place to live (Frog Level Farm where Paul Clayton Williams lived.) Per conversations with Milton Roscoe Williams and per the ""Heritage of Lenoir County 1981," page 428. "Edward" from marriage announcement in New Bernian paper) January 18, 1898 In book of NC Troops 1861-1865, listed as "James E. Williams, Private. Enlisted in Lenoir County at age 22, March 1, 1862 for the war. Present or accounted for through December 1861." File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/photos/williams1280gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb