When James Williams was born in 1841, in Appling, Georgia, United States, his father, Lewis Williams, was 36 and his mother, Mary Ann Deloach, was 34. He married Emma Jane Milliken on 12 June 1867, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in District 583, Appling, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Screven, Wayne, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1915, in Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, United States, at the age of 74.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Appling, Georgia, United States 1872: Wayne, Georgia, United States
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
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