Moore County NcArchives Obituaries.....Williams, Benjamin, Col. July 20, 1814
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Friday, July 29, 1814, Raleigh Minerva
   DIED, at his seat in Moore County, on Wednesday, the 20th of  July instant, 
COL. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, a native of North Carolina, and somewhat upwards of 60 
years of age.
   He embarked at an early period of life, and in the beginning of the 
Revolutionary War, in the service of his country as a captain in the regular 
army. He was subsequently appointed to the command of the State Troops ordered 
to be raised by North Carolina with the rank of Colonel: And was in the action 
or battle fought near Guilford Court-House, where a command was given him.
   COLONEL WILLIAMS closed his military career with reputation; and has 
occasionally since been called to the first appointments in the power of his 
fellow citizens to bestow, or in the gift of the state: having been long a 
member of the Legislature – for some years a member of Congress – and 
subsequently the chief magistrate of the State.
   He died as he had lived, much respected and highly esteemed by those who 
knew him, and from his general demeanor and devout professions, as well 
previous to as during his last illness, has left to his relations and more 
intimate friends the cheering consolation that he died a believer, resigned 
and happy in the hope of mercy through the atonement and merits of the 
Redeemer.


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