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Wife's name was Mary. Children were Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, Washington, James, and Daniel.
From the SOUTHERN GENEALOGISTS EXCHANGE QUARTERLY, Vol, 22, #100, Winter, 1981, p.163. James Williams found on a list of Regulators of Orange Co NC in Oct 1769. ...moved to 96 District in SC, was later so harassed by Tories during the Revolution that he removed his family & belongings to Caswell, left his family with his brother, Col. Henry Williams, made his will and returned to battle, being killed in the fierce battle at King's Mountain. A year later, his two older sons were murdered by Tories. Other sons remained in Caswell...at least one moved to Tennessee.

From post to NCCASWEL, Rootsweb mail list, 1 Sep 2005 by E.W.Wallace.
These may be Virginia Lands Patents for James in Lunenburg Co VA
16 Aug 1756 400 acres to James Williams on head branches of Sneeds Creek, adjacent Brown. PB 33, p.44
16 Aug 1756 810 acres begin at mouth of Hounds Creek, PB 33, p.46

From PARTISANS & REDCOATS by Walter Edgar:
p.38 After his father's death, James Williams moved to North Carolina where his older brother and several cousins lived. In 1772 he settled along the Little River in Ninety Six District SC. He was elected to the First Provincial Congress in 1775. He served in the Snow Campaign and in the 1776 campaign against the Cherokee. He operated a flour mill and was a whiskey trader.
p.69 In 1779 he wrote his son that he had been "obliged to take the field in defence of my rights and liberties and that of my children" Fighting the British was not a matter of choice "but of necessity, and from the consideration that I had rather suffer anything than lose my birthright, and that of my children" [He joined Sumter's command and was a general leading an assault at the Battle of King's Mountain on the 7th of October, 1780.]
p.119 [following the battle] As the prisoners were being rounded up, a Tory foraging party returned to the scene of the battle. Nor realizing what had occurred, they opened fire on the Whigs and mortally wounded Col. James Williams. The partisans ...opened fire on the unarmed prisoners.

The Patriots at Kings Mountain by Bobby Gilmer Moss, Scotia-Hibernia Press; Blacksburg, SC, 1990, p.270
James Williams, son of Daniel and Ursula Williams of Wales, migrated to Granville Co, NC. In 1773 he moved to present day Laurens Co SC. During 1775 he became a captain in the militia and was on the Snow Campaign. In 1776 he became a lieutenant-colonel and was on Williamson's Expedition against the Cherokee Indians. In 1778 he led his unit on the Floria Campaign. He commanded a detachment in the battles at Stono & Briar Creek. In was in the siege of Savannah. Later that year he served on another expedition against the Cherokee. In 1780 he served under Sumter as commissary on the expedition to Rocky Mount and Hanging Rock. For his part in the defeat of the Tories and British in the battle at Musgrove's Mill, he was awarded commission of brigadier general. He was wounded in the battle at Kings Mountain and died the next day. His estate supplied 150 gallons of whiskey for militia use.

Will probated in 1780. In Caswell Co Will Book A, p.113
Will of Col. James Williams, of 96 District, South Carolina, but now in the State of North Carolina, as a refugee. Wife Mary Williams, certain lands in 96 District, South Carolina, along the line of the land I bought of John Calwell. Son, Daniel, 250 acres and other lands, and a child's part of all my estate when he becomes 21. Sons Joseph Williams, lands, etc; John Williams the same. Daughters Elizabeth and Mary, certain lands and each a child's part of the estate; daughter Sary Williams, cash to buy land, etc. Son James Williams, land, etc. Son Washington Williams, the land which was left to his mother for her lifetime. All the lands, stallions, still, wagons and horses and horse creatures to be sold at public sale and the store, books and bonds and notes and other due collateral, to be divided among my eight children. Executors are son Daniel Williams, brother Henry Williams, and Joseph Hays. Signed Jun 12, 1780. Probated Dec Court 1780. Witness: William Rice, James Goodman, James Cook.

Birth	10 Nov 1740	Hanover County, Virginia
Marriage	1762	Mary Wallace
Death	8 Oct 1780	Battle of Kings Mountain

Spouse	Mary Wallace ( - )
Child	Daniel WILLIAMS (1763 - 1781)
Child	Joseph WILLIAMS (1767 - 1781)
Child	John WILLIAMS (1769 - 1782)
Child	Elizabeth WILLIAMS ( - )
Child	Mary WILLIAMS ( - )
Child	Sarah "Sary" WILLIAMS ( - )
Child	James WILLIAMS ( - 1833)
Child	Washington WILLIAMS (1771 - 1829)

Father	DANIEL WILLIAMS (1710 - 1759)
Mother	URSULA CLARK Henderson ( - )
Sibling	Maria WILLIAMS (1733 - 1802)
Sibling	HENRY WILLIAMS (1734 - 1785)
Sibling	John WILLIAMS (1737 - 1794)
Sibling	Joseph WILLIAMS (1742 - 1773)
Sibling	Mary WILLIAMS (1743 - 1824)
Sibling	Daniel WILLIAMS (1747 - )