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1. 1850 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria Township, page167A, dwelling 18, family 19, Daniel Williams; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 761.

2. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:179, Petiton of Sarah Elizabeth Williams, a minor child or Dan W. Williams, deceased, by her grandfather, James Duncan, James Duncan appointed guardian for Sarah Elizabeth Williams, a minor under 14 years of age with bond set at $800, 6 December 1852; 17 January 1853 appointment issued; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

3. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:179, Petiton of James D. Williams, a minor child or Dan W. Williams, deceased, by his grandfather, James Duncan, James Duncan appointed guardian for James D. Williams, a minor under 14 years of age with bond set at $800, 6 December 1852; 17 January 1853 appointment issued; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

4. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 3:410-411, Petition of Sarah Duncan, widow of James Duncan, late of Blacklick Township, Cambria County, deceased to value real estate , Writ of partition issued by the Court with notice to be given to all heirs named in petition, 4 April 1862; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

5. 1850 U.S. census, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria Township, page167A, dwelling 18, family 19, Daniel Williams; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 May 2017); from National Archives microfilm M432, roll 761.

6. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:190, Petition of Wilfield Scott Williams, minor child of Dan W. Williams, deceased, by his mother, Eleanora Williams , James S. Clarke appointed guardian for Winfield Scott Williams, a minor under 14 years of age. Bond set at $800 with G. C. K. Gahen as surety, 14 December 1852; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

7. "Orphans' Court Sale," The Mountain Sentinel, 17 March 1853; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 5 April 2017). "by virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of the County of Cambria, there will be exposed to public sale ...the following real estate late the property of Daniel W. Williams deceased...dated March 10, 1853.

8. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:199, Petition of James Duncan and James S. Clark, guardian of children of Dan W. Williams, deceased, for order of sale of real estate , March Term, 1853; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

9. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:179, Petiton of Sarah Elizabeth Williams, a minor child or Dan W. Williams, deceased, by her grandfather, James Duncan, James Duncan appointed guardian for Sarah Elizabeth Williams, a minor under 14 years of age with bond set at $800, 6 December 1852; 17 January 1853 appointment issued; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

10. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:179, Petiton of James D. Williams, a minor child or Dan W. Williams, deceased, by his grandfather, James Duncan, James Duncan appointed guardian for James D. Williams, a minor under 14 years of age with bond set at $800, 6 December 1852; 17 January 1853 appointment issued; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.

11. Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Cambria County Orphans Court Records 2:199, Petition of James Duncan and James S. Clark, guardian of children of Dan W. Williams, deceased, for order of sale of real estate , March Term, 1853; Cambria County Courthouse, Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.