David Williams

GEDCOM Note

“WILLIAMS, David to Betsy Hoover – issued June 23, 1812, Bondsman: Geo. Rogers, WILSON CO.”

In 1815 he was Best Man at the marriage of Jeremiah Jadwin and Elsey Rogers (24 June 1815)

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1820 WILLIAMS DAVID Warren County TN 6 100010-10010 Federal Population Schedule TN 1820 Federal Census Index TNS2a1368217 1830 WILLIAMS DAVID Warren County TN 298 120101-001001 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1830 Federal Census Index TNS3a2013372 1830 WILLIAMS DAVID Warren County TN 350 No Township Listed Federal Population Schedule TN 1830 Federal Census Index TNS3a2013368

• *********************************** Warren County Tennessee Soldiers From Commissions of Officers in the Tennessee Militia 1796-1815 - 29th Regiment By Wanda Muncey Gant Williams, David Ensign 5 Mar. 1812 Source:1
  • ********************************** Capt. James Tait's 1814 Warren TN Militia Company (including annotations)

The Creek Indian Wars of 1814 were classified by the U. S. Government as a sub-war' of the War of 1812. Several militia companies were organized from the area of Warren County, Tennessee and it's adjacent counties, including that of Capt. James Tait. Not only did Capt. Tait's muster and pay rolls survive, but so did his personal pay voucher which specified dates, actual miles travelled and locations. The militia records of 1814 are particularly valuable to researchers because so many of these men were under 20 years of age -- too young to have appeared on the 1812 Warren County tax lists, and often gone by 1820.

Capt. Tait's Company was part of the 3rd Regiment of Tennessee Militia, which was active from January 1814 - May 1814, its approximately 600 men primarily from the counties of Overton, Smith, Wilson, Franklin, Warren, Bedford, and Lincoln Counties. Other captains were John Biler (Byler), John Dawson, William Douglass, William Evans, Solomon George, William Hodges, John Holshouser, Alexander Provine, Richard Sharp, George W. Still, Moses Thompson, Allen Wilkinson and David Williams. The regiment was part of a brigade led by General Thomas Johnson (the other regiment of Johnson's brigade was led by Colonel R. C. Napier). Although General Andrew Jackson's report of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (27 March 1814) mentions that Copeland's regiment was held in reserve during this engagement, part of the regiment saw action based on the fact that muster rolls show casualties from this battle in the companies of Captains Moses Thompson and Allen Wilkinson. Their line of march took them from Fayetteville (where they were mustered into service), through Fort Deposit, Fort Strother, and finally to Fort Williams.

In the Tennessee Militia, 1796-1811 Williams, David...........Captain 35th regiment September 15, 1808

For information on the Creek Indian Wars of 1814 see: http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/tn/war14.htm

(Tennessee State Library and Archives, Regimental Histories of TN Units during the War of 1812). Transcribed by C. Hammett, 1996. Source location: NA, Washington, D. C.. RG NO 94, Stack Area 9W3, Row 17, Compartment 20, Shelf Bottom, Box 239, No. NNRI/M; described under record identification as 1 Brown NA Box, Copelands W. Tenn Militia Muster Rolls. Note: Additional transcripts of militia rolls for Warren and its surrounding companies will be posted in the near future.

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By Wanda Muncey Gant

Warren County Tennessee Jail Petition, ca1820

This jail petition was dated around 1820 and can be found in the Tennessee State Archives & Archives. An Alphabetical List follows the original list. Williams, David

WARREN COUNTY, TN PETITION ca1830

To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Tennessee Now in Session: We your Humble petitioners living at some distance from a Justice of the peace and there being only one in the Captain's Company in which we your petitioners reside, we therefore humbly pray that you will appoint Mr. John Foreman to the office of a Justice of the Peace for the County of Warren in Capt. Samuel Dial's Company, for which we your humble petitioners will forever pray. [Located at the TN State Archives and brought to attention by Coffee Countian Betty Bridgewater] Williams, David

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IN the 1820 census of Warren Co., TN David Williams is shown with one male under 10, One male 26-45; one female under 10 and one female 26-45.

In the 1836 Tax list for Warren Co., David Wiliams is listed, but no property or slaves.

Warren Co., TN Land Grants; 1824-1827, Bk 1-3 "Page 38, No. 1723. David WILLIAMS enters 5 acres beginning on the south side of the main road to a 25 acre entry granted to Jobe ROSS so as to include the peach and apple orchard and the house that David WILLIAMS now lives in.  March 13, 1826. Sarah THOMAS, Lo." Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014851label=@S393@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014848label=@S121@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014866label=@S823@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014865label=@S822@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014849label=@S131@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014822label=@S9@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014863label=@S749@ Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000175883014864label=@S750@