William Walter Williams, Jr.
Date of birth:	1767
Place of birth:	Duplin County, North Carolina
Death Date:	1825
Death Place:	Washington Parish, Louisiana
Burial:	Richardson Cemetery, Enon, Washington Parish, Louisiana
Marriage Abt 1784 Bulloch County, Georgia	Penelope Richardson 1763-1841*
Children	1 Elizabeth Williams 1785* 2 Jenny Williams 1786* 3 Sally Williams 1788* 4 Mary Williams  1790* 5 John B Williams 1795* 6 James Williams 1796* 7 Stephen Williams 1800* 8 Susannah Williams 1802* 9 Lewis Williams, Sr. 1805* 10 Robert C Williams 1809* 11 Wm. W Williams, III 1810*
Sources:	1 Ancestry.Com GEDCOM 2 Biography by, R.M. Medders 11/1/1999 3 Duplin County, North Carolina 4 1805 Bulloch County, Georgia Land Lottery 5 Washington Parish Headrighters 6 1820 US Census, Washington Parish, Louisiana (WPS) 7 Washington Parish Historical Information Site
Direct Line Paternal Ancestors of William Walter Williams, Jr. starting with Father;	1 Wm. W Williams, Sr. 1737 2 Stephen Williams 1720 3 Anthony Williams, Jr. 1698 4 Anthony Williams, Sr. 1674 5 Lewis Williams 1638 6 John Williams 1620 7 John Williams 1582
Direct Line Maternal Ancestors of William Walter Williams, Jr. starting with Mother;	1 Mary Ward 1738 2 Edward Ward 1694 3 Edward H Ward 1665 4 Richard Ward 1636 5 Seth Ward 1613 6 John Ward 1598
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William “Chocktaw Bill” Walter Williams, Jr., 1767-1825

¹William Walter Williams, Jr. was born 1767 in Duplin County, North Carolina and died 1825 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. He was the son of William Walter WILLIAMS, Sr., R.S (1737-1795) and Mary WARD (1738-?). William’s father, William Walter Sr. was an American Revolutionary War Soldier who served in the North Carolina Continental Line.

Birthplace ³History-Future

In 1749 Duplin County was formed from the territory of New Hanover lying north of a “Line beginning at the mouth of Rock Fish Creek, on the North-East River of Cape-Fear, running East to Onslow County, and Westward, by a Straight line from the Mouth of the said Creek, to the Upper Forks of Black River, where Cohecry and the Six Runs meet, thence up Cohecry to the Head thereof.” By this act, the same territory was erected into St. Gabriel Parish. John Sampson and Henry Hyrne were directed to run the line. The justices of the peace were ordered to hold their first court at the house of William McRee at Goshen, at which court they should select a site for the courthouse, prison, and stocks. John Sampson, William McRee, Geo. Meares, Francis Brice, Wm. Houston, Joseph Williams. John Herring, Anthony Cox, Mark Phillips, John Turner, Thomas Suggs, and Charles Gavin were appointed vestrymen of the parish. S. R., XXIII, 342-343. Duplin County North Carolina was named for Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin an English Nobleman.

Early Life

²William Walter Williams, Jr. married Penelope RICHARDSON (1763-1841) about 1784 in Bulloch County, Georgia. Penelope was the daughter of Benjamin RICHARDSON, Sr. (1740-1799) and Sarah MIZELL (1740-1802). Both of her parents were born in North Carolina.

William Walter Williams, Jr. migrated to Georgia form Duplin North Carolina, sometime before 1784 with his parents and siblings. In the 1805 Bulloch County Georgia Land Lottery drawing William was one of the recipients, he is shown having 2 draws, a prize and a blank. William’s brothers Seth and Samuel also were participants in the drawings. William and his family would live in Bulloch until 1809.

Georgia's 21st county was named for Archibald Bulloch, who presided over the Provincial Congress of July 4, 1775, before becoming Georgia's first Provincial Governor in 1776.

William’s father William Walter Williams, Sr. R.S. died in 1795 in Screven County, Georgia. It is not known when his mother died.

Sometime in the summer of 1809 along with two of his brothers, John and Simon Williams of Bullock County, Georgia William Jr. and his family migrated to Washington Parish, Louisiana. Many families from Bulloch County, Georgia moved to Washington Parish around this same time. William Williams and his wife Penelope Richardson also lived in Bulloch County, Georgia. Washington Parish located just north of St. Tammany became home to many of the Bulloch County Georgia residents.

William Williams was known as "Chocktaw Bill." It has been told that he drove a wagon train from Bulloch County, Georgia to Louisiana and traded with the Chocktaw Indians in the area around Washington Parish, thus the nickname, "Choctaw Bill."

Washington Parish Headrighters

⁵William Williams is a listed as one the settlers of Washington Parrish that was one of the recipients of "headrights" granted to settlers in Washington Parish by an Act of Congress in 1820. Most of them had taken up land before 1810, and not later than 1815.  Also included were his brother John Williams, John and David Mizell. They were granted these "headrights" along the "Bogue Lusa Creek".

The parishes of Washington, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Livingston were all originally part of St. Helena Parish. In 1810, St. Helena was split to form St. Tammany Parish. Then in 1819, St. Tammany Parish was split to form Washington Parish. The preamble of the legislative act that authorized the split stated that the division was needed because some of the inhabitants lived to far away from the St. Tammany Parish seat to reach it conveniently. In 1832, St. Helena Parish was again divided to form Livingston Parish. The final division came in 1869 when Tangipahoa Parish was carved from portions of Livingston, Washington and St. Tammany Parishes.

William Walter Williams, Jr. is living in Washington Parish, Louisiana in ⁶1820 with his wife Penelope and family. Williams is shown in the Whole Persons Report with wife and five children. William is shown living next door the Mizell and the Richardson families and is recorded on (page # 461).

Death-place ⁷History-Future

William Walter Williams, Jr. died 1825 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. It is said that he is buried in Richardson Cemetery, Enon, Washington Parish, Louisiana. I have not been able to locate this cemetery in the Cemetery Listings of Washington Parish.