Individual Details
Robert WILLIAMS
(Abt 1738 - Abt 1790)
Married Sarah (Lanier) Williams, dau of Thomas Lanier of Granville Co. She was the widow of Col. Joseph Williams of Granville Co, a cousin. Duncan Campbell, Security. They resided near Sandy Creek of Bannister River in Pittsylvania Co VA.
Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 3; Google Books.
Robert Williams moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where he was colonel of the militia in 1775 (Va. Mag. of Hist and Biog, XIX, p.307) He had by Sarah Lanier
1. Nathaniel Washington Williams, Judge of Superior Court in Tennessee
2. Mary, married Matthew Clay
3. Lucy, married Robert Call
4. Martha, married John Henry
5. Sarah, married James Chalmer,
6. Elizabeth, married Rev. John Kerr, Baptist minister, who served in congress, 1813-1817.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1738 | Hanover County, Virginia |  | ||
| Marriage | 10 Oct 1774 | Orange County, North Carolina - Sarah Lanier | | ||
| Death | Abt 1790 | Pittsylvania County, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Lanier ( - ) |
| Father | Nathaniel WILLIAMS (1712 - 1766) |
| Mother | Elizabeth (Williams) (1720 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth WILLIAMS (1739 - ) |
| Sibling | Col. John WILLIAMS (1740 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Nathaniel WILLIAMS (1741 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Joseph WILLIAMS (1748 - 1827) |
Endnotes
1. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.
2. Worth Stickley Ray, Colonial Granville and Its People, Loose Leaves from "The Lost Tribes of North Carolina" (Austin, TX: Self-published, 1945], p.277.
3. WorldConnect database at Rootsweb.