Individual Details

John was born 4 Mar 1731 in Hanover and died 10 Oct 1779. He is buried in a cemetery at Montpelier, NC. He married Agnes Bullock, 12 Nov 1759, Granville Co NC. He was a co-founder of the University of North Carolina, served as a delegate to the Provincial Congress in 1775 and to the Continental Congress, and served as a NC Supreme Court Judge.

WILLIAMS, John, (1731 - 1799)
WILLIAMS, John, a Delegate from North Carolina; born in Hanover County, Va., March 14, 1731; moved to North Carolina in 1745 with his parents, who settled in Granville County; donated the land and laid out the town of Williamsboro, N.C.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Williamsboro; one of the founders of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; deputy attorney general in 1768; delegate to the Provincial Congress of 1775; member of the State house of commons in 1777 and 1778 and served as speaker; Member of the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1779; judge of the supreme court of North Carolina from 1779 until his death in Montpelier, near Williamsboro, N.C., October 10, 1799; interment in the family cemetery, Montpelier, N.C.
Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress; online

Agnes Williams made her will 29 Mar 1802; recorded May Term 1803, Granville, NC. and 24 Oct 1830 in Wilso Co, TN. She was of Granville at the time of the will. Names daughter Frances Ridley; granddaughter, Sarah Ridley; Granddaughter, Elizabeth Burton. Legacy to James Minge Burton, relationship not stated (he was a grandson). Great-granddaughter, Frances Keeling Burton, dau of James Minge Burton and his wife Elizabeth. Grandchildren, James Ridley, Frances Ridley, Polly Ridley and Robert Ridley. Grandchildren, Peggy Saterwhite, Nancy Saterwhite, Edwin Saterwhite, Horace Saterwhite. Grandchildren John Henderson, Elizabeth Alexander, Leonard Henderson; great-granddaughter, Fanny Henrson. Daughter, Agatha Burton, grandson, Frank N. W. Burton.
Executors: daughter Frances Ridley, grandsons, James Ridley, Frank N. W. Burton, and friend William Morgan Sneed.
Wit: Thomas Mitchel, John Pettiway.

Robert Burton married Agatha Williams 12 Oct 1775. Thomas Satterwhite, bondsman. Granville, NC
James M. Burton married Elizabeth Ridley, 14 Mar 1789. S. Sneed, bondsman; A. Henderson, wit. Granville, NC

Death

1799

Granville County, North Carolina

Father	John WILLIAMS (1704 - 1735)
Mother	Living