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1720–1783 as the Library of Congress records it · Library of Congress authority record ↗
3 indexed works are connected with this person, and the index includes one work by John Williams.
Works in the index that concern this person directly, or were written by them. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it; background reading with wider context sits further down.
Letters to and from Colonel John Williams, 1772 to 1781, in 72 images. Williams, a Granville County planter and attorney, sat in the Provincial Congress and the Continental Congress and signed the Articles of Confederation. The letters touch on the Revolution and colonial government, with Hillsborough among the places alongside Granville and Halifax counties.
Letters of 1780 from the North Carolina Board of War, the body the General Assembly created to direct military operations in the state, on sending provisions and supplies to the troops. John Williams writes about the provision tax, and Alexander Martin, Caswell County and Hillsborough figure in the papers. 13 images.
Minute docket, part 1, of the Superior Court for the Hillsborough District, 1768 to 1788, spanning the late colonial court and the state courts set up after the 1776 constitution. Cases involve debt, estates, theft, horse stealing, murder, treason and slavery, and names include William Tryon, Richard Henderson, Maurice Moore and Richard Caswell. 234 images.
Books in OCPL’s Rebecca B. Wall Local History Collection whose titles, catalog subjects, or descriptions match this person. The Friends’ recommended starting points are labelled.
Genealogy of the descendants of John Williams (1752 to 1816) and Patrick Murphy (1720 to 1785) and of related families, compiled by Robert Murphy Williams and printed in Raleigh in 1949; 369 illustrated pages.
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