Week 34 (Aug. 20-26): Newest Discovery

 I just discovered another ancestor who was a militiaman in the War of 1812.

Frederick A. Williams had moved from his home county of Orangeburg, South Carolina between 1790 and 1810 to Somerset, Pulaski County KY.  In 1800 he was actually on census reports for both residences. It is possible he'd moved with his family, but hadn't been able to sell his land in South Carolina, so continued to be counted there, probably along with other family members.

With a last name like Williams, it is hard as can be to figure out who was related to whom.  But Frederick did take part in the War of 1812, according to a microfilm of US War of 1812 Soldiers. I could not find Mitchisson's 14th Regt on any Kentucky militia lists, but I'm pretty new to this. So the question becomes, did he fight northward toward Detroit, or southward toward New Orleans? Kentucky militia was active in both battle areas. No answer at this point. In 1812 he would have turned 48. Many other militia men were past their youth as well.

Name	Frederick Williams
Company	14 REG'T (MITCHISSON'S) KENTUCKY MILITIA.
Rank - Induction	PRIVATE
Rank - Discharge	PRIVATE
Roll Box	227
Microfilm Publication	M602

I am also very fortunate to have his marriage certificate (from South Carolina) to Cassandra Elizabeth Tate, in 1785.

Confusion may follow when we see a North Carolina land grant in 1799 in Orange County there...not South Carolina. OK, here's even more confusion, as South Carolina has Orange County as well as Orangeburg County. 

So the North Carolina land grant in 1799 in Orange County may have been for service rendered during the Revolutionary War, or perhaps belongs to another man of the same name. There's no other record linking him there that I've found.

But an ah-ha can be found that he was serving jury duty in Saxe-Gotha, Oangeburgh District of South Carolina in 1780...

Name	Frederick Williams
Gender	M (Male)
State	South Carolina
County	Orangeburgh District
Town	Saxe-Gotha
Residence Year	1780
Household Remarks	He is on the Petit Jury List for the "District of Orangeburgh" [name found on the reverse side of page 12].

Orangeburgh County is close to Charleston SC, see the tiny outlined county.

By 1800 he appears in Pulaski KY...nowhere near North Carolina!

And just to finish the geography of his life... he died in McMinn County TN...southwest of Knoxville on the map below, probably the residence of one of his children. I'm now going to go through the names he lists in his will, some of whom might be granchildren actually.

The greatest new discovery is his own will, written Aug. 27, 1831, several months before his death on Nov. 18, 1831 at 67 years of age. It confirms his wife was Casandra. And appoints executors of Richard Williams and Robert Williams. Interestingly enough, he starts by saying he's Frederick Williams, but then his mark is for Andrew Williams. He was Frederick Andrew Williams (1763-1831).

I've verified all the names of his descendants to receive equal portions of his estate, except the last one, Cosain Baker.  At this point his wife, Casandra Williams had given birth to 13 children...all of whom apparently lived to adulthood. Most married and had more children, including my 3rd great grandfather who moved from KY to Missouri.  Some of his children moved to Texas and were part of my mother's family around San Antonio.

Oh, here's the transcription of the above will, with several misspellings.

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