Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Williams was born on 6 March 1827, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, his father, William W Williams, was 22 and his mother, Triphena Millsaps, was 21. He married Minerva Johnson on 3 June 1851, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Henry, Henry, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1860. He died on 4 December 1864, in Monroe, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 37.
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- Jessee Williams in household of William Williams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesse Williams, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Family Data Collection - Deaths
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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