Cornelia S. Williams

Cornelia Stafford Williams (born ca. 1851-d.1917), b. in Florida, daughter of Robert Stafford of Cumberland Island, Camden County, Georgia. Sister of Nancy Stafford Gassman. Grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Married Philip Williams who had lived Harlem, New York City, as caterer, but moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, after marriage. His death date unknown. Cornelia, either his wife or his widow by 1917, buried in New Jersey in Webb family plot, husband Philip not there.

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Long before her death, Cornelia (and [her sister] Nanette) sued (1907) Mrs. Lucy C. Carnegie of Pittsburgh and Camden County, Georgia, to get back her land on Cumberland. The case appears to be called Williams v Carnegie. That’s Cornelia again. She’d married a mulatto man named Philip Williams, and they lived and worked in New Jersey. Both sisters were U.S. citizens. The lawyers representing the plaintiffs were Crovatt & Whitfield, a Brunswick, Ga. firm. LCC was represented by Dunwody & Atkinson, also of Brunswick. The case was dismissed in 1908.

• http://www.diaspora.illinois.edu/news0309/news0309-8.pdf Frau Doktor Nancy Stafford of Georgia: From Slave to Physician By Mary R. Bullard and Tracy Moxhay Castle. The African Diaspora Archeology Network: March 2009 Newsletter.
• http://www.kfkronenberg.com/cumberland_island_researchers_aid.doc
• Residence: 1870 USFC - Elizabeth Ward 6, Union, New Jersey
• Residence: 1880 USFC - Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
• Residence: 1895 NJSC - Elizabeth Ward 8, Union, New Jersey
  • Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Oct 3 2016, 22:21:48 UTC
• Residence: Elizabeth Ward 6, Union, New Jersey
• Residence: Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey
• Residence: Elizabeth Ward 8, Union, New Jersey
  • Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 3 2016, 22:25:02 UTC