My Husband’s 1st. Great Maternal Grandfather, George Lee Williams, Hawkins, Tennessee

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Name: George Lee Williams, son of William Louis Williams and Martha “Marthy” Elizabeth Johnson

Hawkins County, Tennessee – The land was given to William Armstrong as a land grant in the 1780s. Armstrong built Stony Point.  Armstrong’s landholding was established as a county in 1787. It was named for Benjamin Hawkins, a U.S. Senator from North Carolina, the state which it was a part of at that time. In 1797, French King Louis Philippe visited Armstrong’s estate. During the American Civil War, Hawkins County saw combat. The Battle of Rogersville took place on November 6, 1863. Wikipedia

Flag of Hawkins County, in front of the county courthouse

Born: 14 December 1883 in Hawkins County, Tennessee

Married: 28 November 1903 in Hawkins County, Tennessee to Mammie “Minnie” T. Hawkins (1886-1960), Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

Children: (4)

Etta Louise (Junkert), Louise “Lou” (Rakestraw), Frank James, and Jimmie George Williams

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Died: Dec. 1967 in Peoria County, Illinois, USA

Buried:  1967 in Pottstown Cemetery, Pottstown, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Military: Pvt. U.S. Army, 1917-1918, 10th. Cavalry, Texas, World War I

George Lee Williams
BIRTH 14 Dec. 1883 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH Dec. 1967 (aged 83–84) in Peoria, Illinois, USA

BURIAL Dec. 1967
Pottstown Cemetery
Pottstown, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
PLOT SW Row 1
FINDAGRAVE MEMORIAL ID 190236919

                                  Pottstown Cemetery, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA

Etta Louise Williams (Junkert), Texas

Grotto Falls Smoky Mountains Waterfall,Gatlinburg, TN, USA

Etta Louise Williams Junkert

Birth	4 Dec 1906 Tennessee, USA
Death	16 Jun 1951 (aged 44) Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
Burial	Non-Cemetery Burial, Cremated. Specifically: Burial site unknown

Findagrave Memorial ID	120336261

Father’s Name: George Lee Williams
Mother’s Name: Mamie T. Hawkins
Wife of Albert “Al” George Junkert (spelled Junkers in 1900 census for Illinois). Married: 2 September 1937 in Fountain, Indiana, USA No children. Dorothy Jean (Williams) Johnson was her niece.

Name: Etta Louise (Williams) Junkert
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Tract 44, Denver, Election District M, Denver, Colorado, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Wife
Relationship to Head of Household: Wife
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1906
Last Place of Residence: Rural, Bexar, Texas
District: 16-302
Family Number: 18
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 73
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 493
Digital Folder Number: 005449343
Image Number: 00685
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Albert G Junkert M 40 Illinois
Wife Etta L Junkert F 34 Tennessee
Sources
“United States Census, 1940,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRDB-54J : accessed 15 Nov 2013), Etta L Junkert in household of Albert G Junkert, Tract 44, Denver, Election District M, Denver, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 16-302, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 493.

Name: Etta L Junkert
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 16 Jun 1951
Event Place: Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 04 Dec 1906
Birthplace: , Tennessee
Father’s Name: George L Williams
Mother’s Name: M T Hawkins
Certificate Number: 31429
GS Film number: 2074697
Digital Folder Number: 005145617
Image Number: 02234

Corpus Christi Skyline, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas

My Husband’s 3rd. Great English Grandfather, William “Bill” Carter Williams

The Quarry, Botetourt, Virginia

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Name: 2nd. Lt. William “Bill” Carter Williams, son of William Curle Williams, Jr. and Margaret Ann McCarroll

Born: 1802 in Virginia

Name: William Carter Williams

Event Type: Military Service

Event Date: 1861-1865

Military Unit Note: Sixth Infantry Affiliate

Publication Title: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia

Affiliate Publication Number: M324

Affiliate Film Number: 449Citing this Record
“Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3H5-YWC : 5 December 2014), William Carter Williams, 1861; from “Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Virginia,” database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Sixth Infantry, NARA microfilm publication M324 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1961), roll 449.

Died: after 1862 in Virginia during the Civil War

William Carter Williams, Capt. 2nd. Co. B, 6th. Infantry, Virginia, Confederate, Civil War, 1861 Re-enlisted in 1862 Promoted to
2nd. Lt. 1st. Co. E, 41st. Virginia Infantry, Confederate soldier
Died: after 1862 Mortally wounded and died of his wounds, Virginia

Burial: after 1862 in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia

William Carter Williams

Birth	1802 Virginia
Death	after 1862 Civil War, Confederate, VirginiaMortally wounded and died of his wounds
Burial	after 1862 Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA

Plot	Section: 1 Lot: Unknown
Memorial ID Source	93685785 Findagrave website

Hollywood is a privately owned cemetery and the final resting place of over 18,000 Confederate soldiers from all Southern States. It has the largest number of Confederate generals (23) interred anywhere in the world. In addition to the slain from battles around Richmond such as Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor, the Confederate dead exhumed from Gettysburg in the 1870s, were reinterred here on what became known as Gettysburg Hill.

The Hollywood Cemetery Registry of Confederate Dead, printed in 1869, contains about 10,500 names of the 18,000 soldiers that rest here. The remaining names (unless they were unknown at the time of burial) and locations were destroyed in a fire at the cemetery office shortly after the war. Markers to the men whose burial location is unknown, such as General Garnett of “Pickett’s Charge” fame, exist in certain locations. http://www.interment.net/data/us/va/richmondcity/hollywood/index.htm

Confederate States Flag Virginia Belt Buckle

Confederate-rebel-flag

 

My Husband’s 2nd. Great Grandfather, William Louis Williams

The Quarry, Botetourt County, Virginia

Name: William Louis Williams, son of William Carter Williams and Mahala Crumpton of Virginia

Born: 1841 in Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Botetourt-County-Courthouse-Fincastle-Virginia

Married: 16 August 1860 in Blount County, Tennessee to Martha “Marthy” Elizabeth Johnston

Children: (8) Mary Jane, Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Jackson),  William, Mattie Lou (Reese), Robert, Louisa Ellen, Lula F. (O’Mary), and George Lee Williams

Military: American Civil War (1861-1865), Confederate soldier,  Co. B, Fifth Tennessee Infantry

Died: 11 Jan. 1895 in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States

Buried: 1895 in William Williams Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, United State

William Louis Williams

Birth	1841 Botetourt County, Virginia, USA
Death	11 Jan. 1895 Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Burial	1895 William Williams Cemetery Sugar Grove, Roane County, Tennessee, USA

Memorial ID Source: Findagrave Website	127222075

 

My Husband’s Maternal 1st. Great Grandmother, Mammie “Minnie” Maltilda T. (Hawkins) Williams

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee

Name: Mamie “Minnie” Matilda T. Hawkins (Williams)

Born: 6 July 1886 in Hawkins County, Tennessee

Married: 28 November 1903 in Hawkins County, Tennessee to George Lee Williams

Hawkins County Tennessee 1888 map

Children: (4)

Etta Louise Williams (Junkert) (1905-1951)

Louise Williams (Rakestraw) (1911-1958)

Frank James Williams (1918-1982)

Jimmie George Williams (1919-1997)

Laurel Run Park, Hawkins County, Tennessee

George Lee Williams never lived in Texas, Minnie came to Texas in the 1930’s after leaving him. He remarried to Mae and moved to Peoria, Illinois, according to Randa Keefer Johnson.

Name	Mammie T Williams
Event Type	Death
Event Date	21 Mar 1960
Event Place	Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States
Gender	Female
Marital Status	Widowed
Birth Date	06 Jul 1886
Birthplace	Hawkins County, Tennessee
Certificate Number	25725

 Citing this Record

“Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K345-F5T : 13 March 2018), Mammie T Williams, 21 Mar 1960; citing certificate number 25725, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,116,265.

Died: 21 March 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas

Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas shoreline

Buried: 23 March 1960 in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, USA

Mammie Maltilda “Minnie” Hawkins Williams
BIRTH 6 Jul 1886
Tennessee, USA
DEATH 21 Mar 1960 (aged 73)
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
BURIAL
Rose Hill Memorial Park
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
MEMORIAL ID 234103548

My Husband’s Maternal 1st. Great Grandfather, George Lee Williams, Tennessee

Horse Farm, Lexington, Kentucky

Kentucky Bluegrass

Name: George Lee Williams  (1883–1939)  •  KHWY-MSP

Parents: William Louis Williams and and Martha “Marthy” Elizabeth Johnston

​ Born: 14 December 1883 in Hawkins County, Tennessee

Name George L Williams
Event Type Census
Event Year 1900
Event Place Civil District 12 (south part), Hawkins, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Age 16
Marital Status Single
Race White
Race (Original) W
Relationship to Head of Household Son
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Son
Birth Date Dec 1884
Birthplace Tennessee
Father’s Birthplace Virginia
Mother’s Birthplace Tennessee
Martha E Williams Head F 54 Tennessee
George L Williams Son M 16 Tennessee
William Omarry Son-in-law M 23 Tennessee
Luila Omarry Daughter F 22 Tennessee
Bessie L Omarry Granddaughter F 1 Tennessee
Citing this Record   “United States Census, 1900,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8T-FJN : accessed 1 July 2018), George L Williams in household of Martha E Williams, Civil District 12 (south part), Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 88, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,577.

Resided: 1937 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

Died: 16 December 1939 in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas

Buried: December 1939 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America

George Lee Williams

Birth	14 Dec 1883 Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA
Death	16 Dec 1939 (aged 56) San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial	Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA

Plot	Section A Site 82
Memorial ID	3058556 · View Source

George Lee Williams, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, by LKat, 19 Dec. 2016, used with permission

Gravesite Details

Pvt, US Army

Name: George Williams
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 1939
Event Place: San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America
Photograph Included: N
Death Date: 16 Dec 1939
Affiliate Record Identifier: 3058556
Cemetery: Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery
Citation”Find A Grave Index,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-332P : 13 December 2015), George Williams, 1939; Burial, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States of America, Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery; citing record ID 3058556, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Spouse: Mamie “Minnie” Matilda T. Hawkins  (1886–1960)  •  LBVL-1VK ​

 

Marriage: 28 November 1903 in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States

Name George Lee Williams
Event Type Draft Registration
Event Date 1917-1918
Event Place Washington County, Tennessee, United States
Gender Male
Nationality United States
Birth Date 14 Dec 1883
Birthplace , , United States
Citing this Record  

“United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ6R-SCM : 13 March 2018), George Lee Williams, 1917-1918; citing Washington County, Tennessee, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,877,698.

Children: (4)

Etta Louise Williams  (Junkert)

1906–1951  •  LBVL-2B9

Louise “Lou” Williams (Rakestraw)

1911–1958  •  LBTM-PV7

Frank Leon Williams

1916–1991  •  L1QL-TB2

Jimmie George Williams

1919–1997  •  L1MX-BMP ​

 

Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas shoreline

The Journey Begins…

 

Hawkins County, Tennessee, USA

Ancestors of Garry Ellis Johnson, Sr. Mother: Dorothy Jean Williams Johnson.  Father: Edward Leroy Johnson, Sr.

Grandfather: Unknown. Grandmother: Louise “Lou” Williams.

1st. Great Grandparents: George Lee Williams and Mamie “Minnie” Matilda T. Hawkins of Tennessee.

2nd. Great Grandparents: William Louis Williams of Virginia, and Martha “Marthy” Elizabeth Johnson of Tennessee.