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Anna "Running Fawn" Williams 1754 – 1840 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Jan 1754

Birth Location: Stokes Co, North Carolina

Death Date: 1840

Death Location: Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

Father: William Vest

Mother: Lucretia Alford

Spouse(s): "Pennsylvania" Williams

Children(s): John Williams

Anna "Running Fawn" Williams was born in 1754 in Stokes Co, North Carolina, the child of William Tunwell Vest and Lucretia "Lucy" Alford. Anna "Running Fawn" Williams married "Pennsylvania" Phillip "Buck Spike" Williams, and had children including John Thomas Williams. Anna "Running Fawn" Williams passed away in 1840 in Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Anna "Running Fawn" Williams was born in 1754 in Stokes Co, North Carolina, the child of William Tunwell Vest and Lucretia "Lucy" Alford.
  • Anna "Running Fawn" Williams married "Pennsylvania" Phillip "Buck Spike" Williams, and had children including John Thomas Williams.
  • Anna "Running Fawn" Williams passed away in 1840 in Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Vest
1735 – 1812
Birth Location: Powhatan, Powhatan, Colony of Virginia
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Lucretia Alford
1736 – 1812
Birth Location: St Peter S Par, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

"Pennsylvania" Williams
1753 – 1848
Birth Location: 96th Military District, Pendleton, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

John Williams
1782 – 1860
Birth Location: Claiborne, Tennessee, Colony of North Carolina
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Anna Williams's Ancestors

Self
Anna Williams
1754 – 1840
Birth Place: Stokes Co, North Carolina
Parents
William Tunwell Vest
1735 – 1812
Powhatan, Powhatan, Colony of Virginia
Lucretia ("Lucy") Alford
1736 – 1812
St Peter S Par, New Kent, New Kent, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Charlotte ("Anne") Bakes
1706 – 1770
Chesterfield, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States
Julius (Salvator) Alford
1720 – 1776
Goochland, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth Reynolds
1718 – 1776
Goochland, Virginia, United States
Great-Grandparents
William I
1681 – 1745
Ellen Bentley
1685 – 1745
Katie Alford
1686 – 1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents
ANNE HOWSON
1641 – 1715
JOHN Bentley
1652 – 1737
Mary Hudson
1660 – 1734

Anna Williams's Descendants

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Anna ("Running Fawn") Williams (Jan 1754 – 1840) m. "Pennsylvania" (Phillip "Buck Spike") Williams (10 Feb 1753 – 12 Sep 1848)
  1. 1. John (Thomas) Williams (1782 – 11 Sep 1860)
    1. 1. Nicholas Williams (Mar 1818 – Aft. 1900)
      1. 1. Darcus Williams (06 Oct 1845 – 11 Feb 1909)
        1. 1. Jackson Grigsby (Feb 1867 – )

Anna Williams's Timeline

2 Records

1754
Jan 1754
Birth of Anna "Running Fawn" Williams in Stokes Co, North Carolina
Stokes Co, North Carolina
1840
1840
Age 86
Death of Anna "Running Fawn" Williams in Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Jan 1754
    Event Place: Stokes Co, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Volga, Flat Gap, Johnson, Kentucky, USA
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