Individual Details

Elias WILLIAMS

(19 Jan 1799 - 24 Oct 1869)



Copy of marriage license found in family tree at Ancestry.com. License issued in Shelby Co, TN on 18 Jan 1830; married on the 21st by L. Henderson. Recorded Shelby Co Marriage Book 1, p.41.

1840 Census. DeSoto, MS
Elias Williams: 2m under 5, 2m 10-15, 1m 40-50. 1f under 5, 1f 5-10, 2f 10-15, 1f 30-40.

1850 Census. Northern Division, DeSoto Co, MS Hh 113
Elias Williams, age 51, b. SC
Elizabeth, age 40, b. TN
Children born in TN: Robert 19, Sherrod 18, John 17, Ambrose 17, Elizabeth 15
Children b. In MS: Renetta, age 14, Elias 12, Sarah 10, Amanda 9, Mary 7, Felix 5, Davis 3, Martha age 1.

1860 Census. Pleasant Hill, DeSoto Co, MS Hh 1325
Elias Williams, age 62, b. SC
Elizabeth, age 48, b. TN
Robert 29 and Sherrod 27 - born in TN
Born in MS: Sarah 20, Mary 16, Felix 14, Davis 13, Martha 12, Nancy 10, Melvina age 6.

Elias said to have died 24 Oct 1869.

1870 Census. DeSoto Co, MS Hh 38
Eliza Williams, age 59, b. NC
T. D., age 23, b. MS [must be Davis]
Martha 21
Melvina 16
Ambrose, age 38
Living next door in Hh 38 is probably Sherrod Williams
S. Williams, age 37, b. TN
Mary, age 26.
Nancy, age 8. James, age 2.

Events

Birth19 Jan 1799North Carolina
Marriage21 Jan 1830Shelby County, Tennessee - Elizabeth Moody
Death24 Oct 1869DeSoto County, Mississippi

Families

SpouseElizabeth Moody (1811 - 1877)
ChildRobert E. WILLIAMS (1831 - 1915)
ChildSherrod WILLIAMS (1832 - 1899)
ChildAmbrose M. WILLIAMS (1833 - 1897)
ChildJohn E. WILLIAMS (1833 - 1915)
ChildElizabeth WILLIAMS (1835 - )
ChildRenetta WILLIAMS (1836 - )
ChildElias WILLIAMS (1838 - 1904)
ChildSarah WILLIAMS (1840 - )
ChildAmanda WILLIAMS (1841 - )
ChildMary WILLIAMS (1844 - )
ChildFelix WILLIAMS (1845 - 1864)
ChildDavis WILLIAMS (1847 - )
ChildMartha WILLIAMS (1848 - )
ChildNancy WILLIAMS (1850 - )
ChildMelvina WILLIAMS (1854 - )
FatherROBERT WILLIAMS (1770 - 1846)
MotherCHARLOTTE Scott ( - 1828)
SiblingJOHN JEFFERSON WILLIAMS (1792 - 1874)
SiblingHarden Williams (1796 - 1870)
SiblingAmbrose Hardin WILLIAMS (1800 - 1868)
SiblingElizabeth WILLIAMS (1800 - 1850)
SiblingJames WILLIAMS (1802 - )
SiblingRobert WILLIAMS Jr. (1806 - 1881)
SiblingCharlotte WILLIAMS (1808 - 1883)
SiblingThomas Davis WILLIAMS (1810 - )

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