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William J. Williams (Simpson County, Ky, farmer, judge, and prov govt com rep)

b. 1794?

Simpson County, Kentucky, farmer, judge, and provisional government representative. Kentucky native. Married to Henrietta Lane Williams in Warren County, Kentucky in February 1817. Father of A. G. Williams and M. H. Williams. Resident of Simpson County in 1820. Household owned two enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1820. Resident of Simpson County in 1830. Owned six enslaved persons in Simpson County in 1830. Farmer in Simpson County in 1850. County Judge in Simpson County in 1860. Member of the convention of the provisional government held at Russellville in November 1861.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Fourth Manuscript Census of the United States (1820), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Petersburg, p. 21, p. 5 of 10 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Fifth Manuscript Census of the United States (1830), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 296, p. 19-20 of 52 on microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, p. 4B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Simpson County, Franklin, p. 145.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Warren County Marriages, Film #000164003, p. 248.

KYR-0004-033-0001.

Citation

Williams, William J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32211168 (November 12, 2026).

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