Individual Details
Capt. Isaac Williams Jr.
(17 Mar 1779 - 13 Feb 1856)
Isaac Jr. was disowned from the Lost Creek Monthly Meeting in 1801, 7th mo, 20th d. Isaac married Amelia Gibson who wasn't a Quaker - this may have been why he was disowned.
Isaac married Amelia Gibson, 1 May 1801 in Asheville, NC. She was the daughter of Garret and Prudence (Sumner) Gibson. Pike Family History states that he was disowned because Amelia was not yet fifteen years old. She was born 6 Jun 1786, Surry Co NC and died Lawrence Co IN, 2 Jul 1841.
Andrew Jackson was elected Major-General of the TN Militia in 1802. When the War of 1812 broke out he offered his 2500 Tennessee Volunteers to the U. S. Government and was ordered to Natchez, Mississippi. When he was ordered to disband in 1813, he refused and took his troops back to Tennessee. During 1813 and 1814, he engaged in various expeditions against the Creek Indians. In 1814 he was Maj.-Gen. in the Regular U. S. Army and in Command of the Department of the South. He engaged attacks against the British in Florida [the Spanish Territory] and defended New Orleans in January of 1815.
Capt. Isaac Williams organized and commanded at least three different companies during the course of the War. The Mounted Rifleman, 24 Sep 1814 - 25 Dec 1813, Col. Newton Cannon's Regt; they traveled from Shelbyville TN to Huntsville AL and were mustered in against the Creek Nation. The East Tennessee Militia, 10 Jan 1814 - May 1814, Saml. Bunch's Regt; mustered at Kingston and again went against the Creeks. The Separate Battalion of Mounted Gunmen, 28 Sep 1814 - 27 Mar 1815, Maj. Wm Russell's Battalion & Col. Robert Dyer's Regt; mustered in at Shelbyville and marched to Fayetteville, TN.
At the "Digital Library on American Slavery", I found petition, #11481738, filed to the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Tennessee, in Knoxville, in 1817. Forty-one petitioners argued that slave owners should be permitted to free their slaves on terms which will not involve them, nor their estates, for their maintenance. And they proposed a law to declare all descendants of slaves, born after the passing of the law, shall be free at a certain age which your honourable Body may fix upon. Signers to the petition included John Adamson, Jonathan Adamson, Simon Adamson Sr, and Isaac Williams.
A copy of the petition is held at the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville.
1822 JEFFERSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1822 TAX LIST
CAPTAIN EVAN'S COMPANY
Isaac WILLIAMS 80 acres
CAPT. BAKER'S COMPANY
Eleanor ADAMSON 163 acres
Simon ADAMSON 230 acres 1WP
John RUTH 354 acres 1WP
Abel WILLIAMS 1WP
CAPT. MANARDS COMPANY
Jesse ADAMSON 142 acres 1WP John
Isaac married second to Lucy Dye, b. 4 Jul 1801, d. 24 Aug 1844, Lawrence Co IN, buried Ferguson Cemetery. They were married 14 Apr 1844 only a few months prior to her death.
Isaac married for a third time to Rebecca D. Ribelin, 31 May 1846. She was born 23 Dec 1797, died 23 Mar 1857. They are buried Old Union Cemetery in Lawrence Co IN.
Isaac had thirteen children, all by Amelia. There is a bible record contained births and deaths of their children. See Captain Isaac Williams and His Grand Children by Ben F. & Alice L. Dixon.
Events
| Birth | 17 Mar 1779 | Surry County, North Carolina |  | ||
| Marriage | 1 May 1801 | Amelia Gibson | |||
| Death | 13 Feb 1856 | Lawrence County, Indiana | |
Families
| Spouse | Amelia Gibson (1786 - 1841) |
| Child | Laban Williams (1802 - 1815) |
| Child | Garrett Gibson Williams (1804 - 1887) |
| Child | Richard Williams (1806 - 1880) |
| Child | Louisa M. Williams (1808 - 1833) |
| Child | Pryor L. Williams (1810 - 1846) |
| Child | Mahala Williams (1812 - 1853) |
| Child | Andrew Jackson Williams (1814 - 1875) |
| Child | James Dixon Williams (1816 - 1856) |
| Child | Abel Williams (1817 - 1839) |
| Child | Ahinoam Williams (1819 - 1820) |
| Child | Dr. Elkanah Williams (1822 - 1888) |
| Child | Bartemus Williams (1825 - 1882) |
| Child | Cornelia Williams (1828 - 1882) |
| Father | ISAAC Williams (1742 - 1824) |
| Mother | RACHEL Pike (1746 - 1789) |
| Sibling | John Williams (1765 - 1855) |
| Sibling | Abigail Williams (1768 - 1862) |
| Sibling | William Williams (1770 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Margaret Williams (1771 - 1865) |
| Sibling | RUTH Williams (1774 - 1852) |
| Sibling | Rachel Williams (1776 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Richard Williams (1781 - 1860) |
| Sibling | Abel Lewis Williams (1786 - ) |
| Sibling | Priscilla Williams (1789 - 1872) |
| Sibling | Mary Williams (1789 - 1811) |
Endnotes
1. Ben F. and Alice L. Dixon, Rachel Williams Adamson and Her Hoosier Clan. (Privately Published. San Diego; 1961. Four Generations of A Lawrence Co IN "First Family". No. 4 in the Benjamin Franklin Junior Historial Series), p.3 "Rachel Williams Adamson".
2. William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Reprint of 1936 edition in 1969 by Genealogical Publishing Co includes Supplement by Thomas Worth Marshall, 1948.), Vol. 1; Records of NC; Lost Creek MM p.1112.
3. Ben F. and Alice L. Dixon, Captain Isaac Williams and His Grandchildren (San Diego, California: Privately Published, 1963), p.14 "Capt Isaac Williams Jr".