Williams Beginnings

Emmie Williams

SHADRACK WILLIAMS, Sr. or Sr. b. about 1720 
Married HANNAH CLEMENS JONES b. in Virginia. Shadrack I married Hannah Clemens JONES in Sheandoah Co., Virginia, in 1785, following his discharge. They ended up in Grainger Co., Tenn. 
Shadrack, Sr. had a sister named Elizabeth Williams Stephens (named one of her sons Shadrack Stephens). CHILDREN of SHADRACK WILLIAMS, Sr. and HANNAH CLEMENS JONES:

1. SHADRACK WILLIAMS, Jr. b. ABT 1770
2. Samuel Williams

SHADRACK WILLIAMS, Jr. 
(May have been spelled Shadrick)
He owned slaves, (house servants). 

SHADRACK WILLIAMS, Jr. born about 1790 married PEGGY OZINNA WEBB, AKA MARGARET born ABT. 1792
(AKA Peggy Lanna Webb) 

Peggy Webb Williams was the daughter of  SAMUEL WEBB born 1764 died 1820 in Va. and MARTHA TABITHA DRIVER WEBB b. 1765 d. 1827. Peggy's name is sometimes spelled "Pegozina".

They had 9 children.
CHILDREN OF SAMUEL WEBB and MARTHA TABITHA DRIVER
1) John Driver WEBB ( 1790 SC [?] - 29 Feb 1852 mrd Charlotte COVINGTON
2) Peggy Ozina WEBB (1792- aft Jun 1850)mrd Shadrack WILLIAMS 
3) Giles WEBB ( bet 1792 1820) mrd Holland ASKEW
4) Lemuel WEBB 
5) Lewis WEBB
6) Samuel WEBB, Jr (22 Apr 1797- 24 Mar 1866 Montgomery Co., GA mrd Martha COVINGTON, Mary "Polly" ASKEW
7) Benjamin WEBB (1799-aft jun 1846) mrd Amelia "Milley" POWELL Tracy MATHIS
8) Martha Tabitha "Litha" WEBB {my line} (2 Jan 1802-18Jun 1863 Johnson Co., GA) mrd Silas POWELL
9) Rhonda WEBB (1 Sep 1808- unk Ogelthayse, GA) mrd Johnson POWELL
Samuel Webbs parents were John Webb 1737-1798 and Rachel Giles of Va. John Webb's parents were Isaac Webb 1709-1760 and Frances Barber 1716-1782
(Frances BARBER's parents were Charles Barber b. 1676 and Frances Glascock b. 1680).
Isaac Webb's parents were Giles Webb and Elizabeth Spann.
(Giles Webb had a grandfather also named Giles Webb born 1620 in England.)
The Webb Line goes all the way back to when 

I found where the Webb Line goes all the way back to SIR HENRY WEBB born in 1350 in Warwickshire, England.

The WEBB family was originally from Dorset, a shire on the southern coast of Wales in England. For nearly two hundred years the WEBBS had resided in this place which is near Stratford-on-Avon before Alexander Jr. with his four sons came to America. The brothers had become quite wealthy. They sold their estate in England for a large sum of money prior to their departure. This English property was inherited through their ancestor, Sir Henry Webb. A copy of the letter which Queen Catherine Parr sent her Council (Cabinet Ministers) asking them to grant her beloved friend, Henry Webb, the lands and estates that had been mentioned for him is still extant and in possession of Dr. George F. Webb of Astabula, Ohio to whom much of the historical data of the Webb family is credited. These lands had been confiscated by the King at the suppression of the monasteries and were located in Dorsetshire, England. In later years they became of value to the children who came to America.

DECENDANTS OF SIR HENRY WEBB 

Shadrack Williams, Jr. and Margaret “Peggy” Ozinna Webb  were married on September 26, 1810 in Montgomery County, Georgia. 

Montgomery County Marriage Records 

SHADRACK WILLIAMS JR. was born Abt. 1770 in Pitt Co, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1840 - 1850 in Washington County, Georgia. He married PEGGY OZINA WEBB in Montgomery County, Georgia, daughter of SAMUEL WEBB. She was born 1792 in Georgia. Shadrack Williams and his brother Dennis Williams were in Jefferson Co, Florida in the Indian Wars

My cousin, Lamar Price, from Wrightsville, Georgia, provided lots of the Williams/Walker/Bass Family history (MA EMMIE'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY).

They owned land in Washington County, Georgia.  Children of SHADRACK WILLIAMS JR., & MARGARET “PEGGY” WEBB: 

1. Freeman Williams b: ABT 1815(married Mary Frances Horton)
2. Della WILLIAMS b: 1816
3. Samuel Williams b: 16 OCT 1817 in GA(married Matilda Moy)
4. William WILLIAMS b: 1819 
5. Peter WILLIAMS b: 1820
6. Jane Williams b: 1823(Jincy) (married ___________ Williams)
7. Charlotte Williams b: 1826 (Could have been Caroline) married _______ Bray
8. Louisa Williams (called Louie or Lucy) (female) 
9. CHARLES SHADRACK WILLIAMS b. 1832 (married Elizabeth Gatsey Walker)
Note: There may have been another son named Jeremiah Williams (never married)

MY FAMILY: CHARLES SHADRACK WILLIAMS b. 6/4/1832 d. 11/28/1888. He was born in part of Washington County, Georgia which later was cut into Johnson County.
married ELIZABETH GATSEY WALKER on Dec. 21, 1854. She was called Gatsey.

Charles "Shadrack" Williams was a Justice of the Peace in Johnson and Washington County, Georgia. He was a confederate soldier and served in Company D, 59th Infantry Regiment in 1862. He later joined Company E, 2nd Regiment, Militia, and held the rank of 3rd Sergeant. Two of his brothers Samuel and Freeman Williams also served in the military. Their great-grandfather was a revolutionary war soldier.

Charles "Shadrack" died of lock jaw after getting his finger crushed in a cane mill. He was 62 when he died.

Charles Shadrack married Elizabeth Gatsey Walker. 

WALKER Family Connections
WALKER FAMILY BEGINNINGS 

The Walker family name is Scottish. We are related to the Walkers on my mother's side of the family. Emmie Williams Garnto's grandparents were Walkers.

Our Walker family line goes back to ISHAM WALKER who married MARY ANN CARTER born 1734 in COLLECTON,ST. BARTHOLEMEW,S.C. Mary Ann Carter's parents were JACOB CARTER and SARAH MIDDLETON 

The Carter line goes all the way back to Thomas Carter b. 1545 and Jane Hyll b. 1550 of BRIDGE BENION OF WATFORD AND ALDENHAM,HERTFORDSHIRE,ENGLAND.

CHILDREN OF ISHAM WALKER AND MARY ANN CARTER:

1. LITTLEBERRY WALKER b: 1767 in SOUTH CAROLINA 
2. MARY ANN WALKER b: 1770
3. ISHAM WALKER b: 1769 in COLLECTON,ST. BARTHOLEMEW,S.C.
4. ELIZABETH WALKER b: 1773
5. ANSEL WALKER b: 1775
6. ELISHA WALKER b: 1777
7. JOEL WALKER b: 1779
8. WILLIAM WALKER b: 1781
9. GEORGE WALKER b: 1763

ELISHA WALKER R. S. was born 1762 in Virginia d. 1810 in Georgia. He was a Revolutionary Soldier and served in Richmond County, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution. He was granted land in Washington County, Ga. 

Married MARY ELIZABETH BOWERS in 1787. Elisha and Mary Elizabeth are buried at Stokes-Walker Burial Ground on the Estate of Miss Martha Stokes in Wrightsville,Georgia.

Bowers Family Connection

Mary Elizabeth Bowers b. 1734 was the daughter of Morris Bowers, R. S. (Revolutionary Soldier) born in Middlesex, Va.  married Ester Bonner. 

Morris Bowers served with George Washington at Valley Forge, PA. He was a Fifer . They raised seven children.

Elisha Walker was honored as a Revolutionary Soldier in "The Wrightsville Headlight", Wrightsville, Georgia, in 1958. 

CHILDREN OF ELISHA WALKER and MARY ELIZABETH BOWERS:

1. Noah Walker b. 1790 married Charline Calhoun
2. Jerymiah Walker b. 1792 married Jo Ann Calhoun (spelled Jeremiah and Johanna on 1850 census of Laurens Co. 
3. Henry Walker b. 1794 married Charity Fox
4. Jordy Walker (female)b. 1796 (name may have been Judy) married ______Johnson
5. Milly Permelia Walker b. 1798 (may have been Millie Perusilla) married Arthur Rawls
6. Annie Walker b. 1800 married Jonathan Parker 
7. LOTT WALKER married MARY POLLY WALTERS

Photo of Henry and Charity Fox Walker's Daugther, Zilphia and her son, Braxton, daughter, Sarah and son, Simon Peter Williams, Jr.
Simon Peter Williams married Rosena Bass listed below. (Adopted 5th cousin). The photo on the right is another photo of Zilphia Walker Williams
As written in the Wrightsville Headlight, May 8, 1958: "All seven children grew to manhood and womanhood and reared large families of their own, many of whom are among some of the best children in Georgia." 
> LOTT WALKER b. 3/2/1802 Married MARY POLLY WALTERS born in 1807 

WALTERS Family Connection 

MARY POLLY WALTERS was the dauthger of  RICHARD WALTERS b. ABT 1775 - died 1859 in N. C. and MARGARET _________ of N. C. born ABT 1775 - died 1859 of Washington Co., Ga. 

Last Will and Testament of RICHARD WALTERS Note: In Richard Walters' Will: The will list Mary Polly Walters husband as Pat Walker . . . it should be Lott Walker. It was probably a hand written will and hard to read.

CHILDREN RICHARD AND MARGARET ________ WALTERS b. ABT. 1775 - died 1859 : 

1. MARY POLLY WALTERS b. 1807 married Lott Walker
2. Chloe Walters married Burrell McLendon
3. Thomas Walters 
4. Sebron Walters 
5. Simeon Walters
6. Gatsey Walters b. ABT 1813 married John C. Webb
7. Richard B. G. Walters

Lott and Mary Walker lived in Wrightsville, Georgia. 

CHILDREN OF LOTT WALKER AND "MARY" POLLY WALTERS:

1. Elisha Walters Walker b. 1832 married Martha Webb
2. ELIZABETH GATSEY WALKER b. 1835 married Shadrack Williams, Jr.
3. Mary Walker b. 1845 married William Page - 2nd marriage Benjamin Jordan
4. William Andrew Walker b. 1833 married Martha Arline
5. Richard Mose Walker b. 1836 (Pvt. Co. H, 28th Ga. Inf., married Mary Brantley
6. Magaret Ann Walker b. 1840 married Benjamin W. Holt
7. Melissa Jane Walker b. 1842 in Ga. married Virgil M. Mayo
8. Eliza E. Walker b. 1848
9. Susan S. Walker b. 1850

NOW BACK TO THE WILLIAMS LINE: ELIZABETH "GATSEY" WALKER married CHARLES SHADRACK WILLIAMS 

Elizabeth Gatsey Walker was born in Johnson County, Georgia, January 29, 1835. She was a member of the Methodist Church for a few years and later joined the Christian Church. 

Elizabeth Gatsey Walker Williams (AKA Mrs. E. G. Williams) was named after her mother's sister, Gatsey Walters. 

She was called Aunt Gatsey by her neices and nephews. (It may have been Aunt Gatrie). She died at the age of 84 and was buried on Christmas morning in 1854. (This information is found her obituary in the Wrightsville Headlight Newspaper)

Children of CHARLES SHADRACK WILLIAMS b. 12/21/1832 and ELIZABETH GATSEY WALKER :

Charles Shadrack Williams was a confederate soldier

1. Etta Williams (married Archie Page)

2. Robert T. {Bob} Williams (never married)
3. William S. (Bill) Williams (married Fannie Olliver)
4. E. L. {Emmet} Williams (married ________ Chester)
5. _________Williams (married F. Melton Cochran)
6. Carrie E. Williams (married William {W. M.} Oliver) of Wrightsville, Ga.
7. Margaret Ann "{Maggie} Williams (married Jim Cave)
8. Emma E. Williams (died young, never married) 
9.* (W. D.)WALTER WILLIAMS (married Rachel Bass)

WALTER WILLIAMS b. 1855 married RACHEL BASS b. 1855. Walter and Rachel were married on January 7, 1877.

BASS Family Connections

My cousin Lamar Price said there was a rumor that: Rachel was an orphan and a full blooded Indian, either Cherokee or Creek). When family members had their DNA checked, we learned that this was not true.
Rachel's parents were Abram Bass b. 1813 and Lydia _________ b. 1831 of Washington County, Ga.  Check the census to see the Bass family listed on the 2nd screen of the 1860 Census of Washington County, Ga.

CHILDREN OF ABRAM BASS (b. circa 1813) (father of Mary Loyd) and LYDIA (AKA Hosanna Lydia Bass): 

1. Green J. Bass b. 1849
2. John J. Bass b. 1850
3. Rosena P. Bass b. 1851 married Simon Peter Williams, Jr. Her name may have been Rosean
4. Emma J. Bass b. 1852
5. Williams W. Bass b. 1853
6. Rachel Bass b. 1855 married Walter Williams
7. Mary Bass b. 1858

Walter Williams was of Irish descent. He was a prominent planter and a Baliff. They lived in Johnson County, Georgia.

CHILDREN OF WALTER AND RACHEL WILLIAMS:

1. Emma Elizabeth "Lizzie" Williams (died of heart failure)married George Wesley Price
2. *EMMIE NOMIE WILLIAMS b. 1890 (died of kidney poisoning) married Willie Garnto
3. Viola Williams b. 1898 (died after a long sickness) 
4. Charlie L. Williams b. 1892
5. Vernon D. Williams b. 1894 (died after a long sickness)
6. Ben W. Williams (died by drowning in the Oconee River) married _______ Wood 
Ben Williams was found drowned in the Oconee River in Dublin.

There were rumors that Ben Williams’ may have been murdered. He went fishing at the river (as he had done many times before), he mysteriously disappeared, and was later found drowned.

EMMIE WILLIAMS married WILLIE GARNTO

The GARNTO Family Connections 

Willie Garnto (died after a series of strokes) and Emmie Garnto are buried in the Snow Hill Cemetery in Cadwell, Laurens County, Georgia). 

My grandfather, Willie Garnto already had two sons  Blondell and Durell when he married Emmie Williams.

Children of EMMIE WILLIAMS and WILLIE GARNTO:

1. Evelyn Lucile Garnto (My Mother)
2. Avis Esteen Garnto 
"Avis" Esteen Garnto married James Sterling 
Children of Avis and James Sterling:

1. ROGER STERLING (one son: Mark Sterling)
2. KAREN EVONNE STERLING (one daughter: Angela Thigpen "Angie")

my parents: EVELYN GARNTO born 11/17/24  . . . . married CLINTON JUNIOR ( C. J. ) (Buck) SELF b. 2/29/20 d. 1/19/75

C.J. “Buck” Self died at the age of 54 (cardiac arrest). Buck and Evelyn were married 25 years. Evelyn was a widow for 12 years & remarried Melvin D. Shepard in 1985. Their marriage lasted 24½ years.

Buck & Evelyn Self

Children of Evelyn and Buck Self: 

1. MARCIA ELLEN SELF b. 1/30/62 

MARCIA ELLEN SELF MANNING (married to William Arelius Manning in 1992). I have one Daughter, CARLIE CRYSTAL COLLINS (her father was my first husband, Timothy R. Collins) of Bleckley/Dodge County, Ga. Carlie was born 5/5/87.

I am not sure about this part of the family.

I am still checking on it.

Williams Family Info
Shadrack Williams b. 1600 married Ann Pinner.
Their son was Roger Williams b. 1650.

Roger Williams b. 1650 married Joan Frith Their son was Shadrack Williams b. 1673-1709.

Shadrack Williams, born 1673 and died 1 Feb 1709. He married Elizabeth Walker. Son: Roger Williams 1700 - 1767.


Roger Williams, born 1700, died 1767. Married Mary _______He married 2nd Wife (Ann Williams).

WILLIAMS LINE

CHILDREN OF ROGER WILLIAMS AND his first wife, MARY ____________ :

1. Shadrack Williams b.1720
2. Elizabeth Williams b. 1724

Shadrack Williams b. 1720 married ______________?

Children of Shadrack Williams b. 1720 and ___________
1. Shadrack Williams b. ABT. 1770
2. Samuel Williams b. 1764

This part I am sure of!

This Shadrack Williams (b. ABT. 1770) married Hannah Clemens Jones and their son was:

Shadrack Williams, Jr. who married Peggy Ozinna Webb.