Willoughby Williams, Jr.

Engraving of Williams by Alexander Hay Ritchie, ca. 1860

Willoughby Williams, Jr. (1798-1882) was an American banker and sheriff from Tennessee.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Early life

He was born in 1798.[2] He had five siblings.[3] His father was Willoughby Williams, an American Revolutionary War veteran and former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, who died in 1802, when he was only four years old.[3] His mother was Nancy Glasgow (1771-1857), daughter of James Glasgow (1735-1819) who served as North Carolina Secretary of State from 1777 to 1798.[3] She later remarried to married Joseph McMinn, who served as Governor of Tennessee from 1815 to 1821, and who as a result became his father-in-law.[3]

Career

He fought in the Seminole Wars.[5] He served sheriff for Davidson County, Tennessee from 1830 to 1836.[4][5][6][7] He later served as President of the Bank of Tennessee.[1] He was a childhood friend of Sam Houston.[5][6]

Personal life

He married Nancy Nichols (1808-1844), daughter of John Nichols.[1][2] They lived in her family home in Nashville, Tennessee called Woodlawn, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 21, 1978.[1] Later, they moved to Arkansas.[1] Their two sons, John Henry Williams and Andrew, lived at Woodlawn.[1]

He died in 1882.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 James A. Hoobler, A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee, The History Press, 2008, p. 25
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lineage Book, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1936, p. 269
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Zella Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes of the Revolution: Compiled from Pension Statements, Genealogical Publishing Com, 2009, p. 117
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tennessee State Library and Archives
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Tennessee State Library and Archives: Willoughby Williams, Jr.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 James L. Haley, Sam Houston, Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2004, p. 51
  7. ↑ James Marquis, The Raven: a biography of Sam Houston, Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1988, p. 76