Pulaski Braden Williams

Pulaski Williams was the first sheriff of Polk County, North Carolina, elected on 22 Feb 1847. See Sadie Patton's "Sketches of Polk County History" (1950; repr. 1976) for an account of some controversy that followed in the abortive formation of the county and of the lawsuits between P. B. Williams and Columbus Mills (pp. 29-31).

Pulaski and Easter are buried in unmarked graves in the Pacolet Hills section of Tryon near their old home place.

1850 Henderson Co, NC census household # 776, mf p. 274, between Carruth and Foster families:

• Pulaski WILLIAMS 36 M farmer $4500 all b. NC
• Esther 35 F
• George 9 M
• Angelain 7 F
• Caroline 5 F
• W. B. 3 M
• Columbus 1 M

Estate Files (see attached)

Spring Term 1869 letters of administration granted to Jesse Rhodes (dated 12 Feb)

Court summons Jas. E Rains, TG Ridings, Adolphus Mills, Isaac Henderson to lay off for the widow Easter Williams and family one year's allowance from the crop, stock and provision. 9 Mar 1869

Notice of sale of personal property on 12 March: includes "3 head of horses, 9 head of cattle, 30 head of hogs, 25 head of sheep, one two-horse wagon and harness, one buggy, one still and stands, 3 guns, and other articles too tedious to mention"

Personal property sold 12 Mar 1869 (misc) to Mrs. E. Williams, Charles McMickin (McMakin), I. Henderson, Milton Phillips, Sample Hipp, totalling $248.65

6 July 1869. Polk County. Esther Williams files for petition for dower, naming other heirs as Lewis Morris and wife Caroline; WT Williams; PB Williams and Hannon Williams. Lands adjoining heirs of George Williams, decd; Columbus Mills; James Hannon and R. Hannon, containing 160 acres. Also half interest in a tract of land in Transylvania County adjoining land of Kitchen and others on French Broad containing 690 acres.

WT, PB and Hannon Williams are minors and Noah Hill appointed as guardian. (A subsequent document dated 2 Apr 1869 names minors as Taylor Williams, Columbus M. Williams and W. Hannon Williams

3 August 1869: Jury laid out dower: two tracts including all the Pacolet Lands. ist tract beginning on Braden line then crossing the river, being 100 acres on North Pacolet River. 2nd tract on the North side of the river up the channel of the river...to some large rocks,...to a small branch to the ditch by the bridge then down the ditch to the channel....then down the river as it meanders to a cherry tree corner to lot #1 then north and east to a small branch then up the branch as it meanders nearly north to a sycamore in the fork of a branch then NW to a stake on a ridge then SW to a stake then back to the beginning: 63 acres more or less and known as the mountain tract situated on both sides of the North Pacolet River including the mansion house and all outbuildings. BT Morris, John Green, HN Keller, TG Ridings, WD Swain.

Land sold in Transylvania, Bollston Farm, for $800 plus $232 interest in August 1869

21 Aug 1869 Jesse Rhodes buys 150-acre Wolf Pit tract in Polk County for $300 (paid $50 and awaiting D.T. Sims to produce title before paying remaining $250) [not certain how related to Williams estate but it's in PB Williams estate files] RS Abrams signed voucher: Jesse Rhodes took out $50.00 to pay Sims.

Many debts and vouchers. Interesting ones:

• to Dr. Mitchell C King for professional services in 1866 ($18), 1867 (%10) and 1868 ($5)
• 1866 Williams owes JG Blackstock $3 for prescriptions and medicines for himself and daughter
• Estate of PB Williams pays JG Landrum for the tuition of children at Columbus, NC from 1866. $5.00 for tuition of daughter at Earlesville School house, SC in 1867. $2.00, $7.00. Sept 14 1869 personally appeared before me (JH Allen, one of the acting JPs) J. G Landrum who made oath that Williams is indebted to him for $7.
• Jos. E. Guice says PB Williams is indebted to him for $2 for subscription to the repair of Friendship Church, 29 Nov 1869

March 1870 papers filed back and forth between George Williams' estate admin by John Garrison and Pulaski Williams' estate administered by Jesse Rhodes regarding whether Pulaski owed his father for th following debts that Garrison attests were paid by George for PR:

• Received of PB Williams by George Williams $700 in past payment of a court judgment in favor of John Baxter for Ashford and others, 25 August 1856
• Received in full George Williams by John Garrison payment in full [other document says $8] for a Fi-Fa issuing from the County Court of Henderson County in favor of John Baxter vs. PB Williams, George Williams and R J Allen, Dec 30 1856. CL Allen, Shff
• Received of George Williams $32.60 in full payment of a FiFa in favor to the use of Rutherford County vs PB Williams, and others issuing from the Superior Court of Rutherford County Fall Term 1858 and returnable to Spring Term 1859. JL Ward.
• [PW: unsure of how this was resolved]

May 17, 1875 final settlement Estate Report

• Amount of sale bill $248.60 plus $91.22 interest
• Land sold in Transylvania County Baulsom Farm $800 plus $276 (5 years interest)
• Credit by voucher s on file $1106.98, commr $126.10, auditing fee $10
• Balance due the estate: $172.74

Receipt for $120 paid of estate of our father. WT Williams, CP and EH Williams. June 30 1876