William Logan Williams

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1823-01-22

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1896-11-19

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"William Logan Williams" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00011577, (accessed April 20, 2024).

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Lincoln County, Kentucky, Christian minister. Son of Samuel Williams.Married to Amanda F. White Williams in 1848. Father of Samuel S. Williams. Married to Catherine “Kate” Logan Williams in Garrard County on September 27, 1855. Married to Amanda C. Bailey Williams in Lincoln County on September 29, 1857. Father of Catharine “Kate” Bailey Williams. Married to Pamelia Peyton Williams in 1861. Graduated from Centre College in 1846. Graduated from the Theological Seminary and licensed to preach. Worked for the Kentucky State Board of Missions. Teacher in Lincoln County in 1850. Raised money to build Church of Christ in Hustonville and preached there. Minister in Lincoln County in 1860. Owned six enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860. Household owned twelve additional enslaved persons in Lincoln County in 1860. Founded Christian College in Hustonville, Kentucky. Member of the board of curators of Kentucky University in 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, 1 District, p. 270A. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 127. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Lincoln County, p. 355B (p. 32 of microfilm). B. J. Pinkerton, Interior Journal,Stanford, Kentucky, Tuesday, 13 Aug 1895, p. 3
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2653923/bjpinkertonchristian_college/ Find A Grave, "William Logan Williams (1823-1896)," Memorial 22879787, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22879787/william-logan-williams (accessed December 23, 2019). Find A Grave, "Amanda C. Williams (1828-1860)," Memorial 41914606, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41914606/amanda-c_-williams (accessed December 23, 2019). Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Garrard County Marriages, Film #001689805, p. 334 of microfilm. Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Lincoln County Marriages, Film #001904136, p. 94 of microfilm. Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7041797: All Counties, Fayette County Deaths, File #53-11941. B. J. Pinkerton, Interior Journal,Stanford, Kentucky, Tuesday, 13 Aug 1895, p. 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2653923/bjpinkertonchristian_college John T. Brown, Churches of Christ. Louisville, Ky.: J. P. Morton and company, 1904, 432-33. KYR-0001-009-0038.

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