William Anderson

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About William Anderson

Middle name is Pickney
William married Elizabeth Easley Oct. 11, 1787 in Green County, SC. Together they had 8 children; William Jr. Mariumm, Dorcas, John Erwin, Caroline, Bailely, Albert, Huldah

The following obituaries from the Sumter County Whig were located in 1960 and sent to Miss Dozier by Mrs. Nelle A. Jenkins of Emelle, Alabama. Mrs. Jenkins wrote on 12 January 1960, "These papers were unearthed only last fall. They had lain in a vault in the Registrar's Office for about 115 years. In 1974, W. H. McGowen, Jr., Attorney at Law, 2025 3rd Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, sent Easley/Anderson information from: Nelle Morris Jenkins, Pioneer Families of Sumter County, Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL: Willo Publishing Company, 1961). They are as follows:"

"Died Mr. William Anderson, Sen., 80 years of age, Friday night 11 Feb 1845. He had been to Livingston that day attending to business. He went home with half a dozen friends, ate a hearty supper and soon after without a sigh, moan or a groan he fell to the floor a helpless corpse. He was a zealous and devoted friend.: a kind and affectionate husband, father, and master; he was emphatically an honest man. He had children, grandchildren and great grandchildren to mourn his death."

Mrs. Jenkins also stated that William Anderson was Postmaster at Pushmataha, AL.

Jenkins, p. 184.
"William Anderson was first cousin of Robert Anderson for whom Anderson County, South Carolina was named; William's parents were John and Ann (Erwin) Anderson--Ann's parents were Matthew Erwin and wife of Augusta County, Virginia; John Anderson's parents were James and Jean Anderson who immigrated from Scotland to Philadelphia, Penn., thence to Augusta County, Virginia. William Anderson was closely related to John Anderson of Greenville County, South Carolina, who was killed along with his sons Joshua and Scarlett and from whom Vincent Anderson, who died 7 April 1833 in Sumter County, was descended."

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William Anderson's Timeline

1765
November 28, 1765
Augusta County, Province of Virginia
1792
February 28, 1792
Greenville County, South Carolina, USA
1795
January 31, 1795
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
1797
July 7, 1797
Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
1800
January 28, 1800
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
1803
1803
1805
April 19, 1805
Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States
1807
January 9, 1807
South Carolina, United States